The vars() function returns the object’s attributes names and values in the format of dictionary.
Example
#!/usr/bin/python3
print(vars())
print('nPrint out attributes of an object')
class Address:
state = "California"
zip = 95112
city = "San Jose"
a = vars(Address) # attributes of an object
print(a)
Output:
{'__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None,
'__loader__': <_frozen_importlib_external.SourceFileLoader object at 0x7f619439e358>,
'__spec__': None, '__annotations__': {}, '__builtins__': <module 'builtins' (built-in)>,
'signal': <module 'signal' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/signal.py'>, '__file__': 'main.py', '__cached__': None}
Print out attributes of an object
{'__module__': '__main__', 'state': 'California', 'zip': 95112, 'city': 'San Jose',
'__dict__': <attribute '__dict__' of 'Address' objects>, '__weakref__': <attribute '__weakref__' of 'Address' objects>, '__doc__': None}
Syntax
vars(object)
Parameters
| Name | Description |
| object | Can be module, class, instance, or any object having __dict__ attribute |
Return Value
It returns the __dict__ attribute of the given object.