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So as part of problem 17.6 in "Think Like a Computer Scientist", I've written a class called Kangaroo: <pre><code>class Kangaroo(object): def __init__(self, pouch_contents = []): self.pouch_contents = pouch_contents def __str__(self): ''' >>> kanga = Kangaroo() >>> kanga.put_in_pouch('olfactory') >>> kanga.put_in_pouch(7) >>> kanga.put_in_pouch(8) >>> kanga.put_in_pouch(9) >>> print kanga "In kanga's pouch there is: ['olfactory', 7, 8, 9]" ''' return "In %s's pouch there is: %s" % (object.__str__(self), self.pouch_contents) def put_in_pouch(self, other): ''' >>> kanga = Kangaroo() >>> kanga.put_in_pouch('olfactory') >>> kanga.put_in_pouch(7) >>> kanga.put_in_pouch(8) >>> kanga.put_in_pouch(9) >>> kanga.pouch_contents ['olfactory', 7, 8, 9] ''' self.pouch_contents.append(other) </code></pre> What's driving me nuts is that I'd like to be able to write a string method that would pass the unit test underneath <code>__str__</code> as written. What I'm getting now instead is: <pre><code>In <__main__.Kangaroo object at 0x4dd870>'s pouch there is: ['olfactory', 7, 8, 9] </code></pre> Bascially, what I'm wondering if there is some function that I can perform on kanga = Kangaroo such that the output of the function is those 5 characters, i.e. function(kanga) -> "kanga". Any ideas? Edit: Reading the first answer has made me realize that there is a more concise way to ask my original question. Is there a way to rewrite <code>__init__</code> such that the following code is valid as written? <pre><code>>>> somename = Kangaroo() >>> somename.name 'somename' </code></pre>
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