How do I get the name of a python class as a string?

Question

What method do I call to get the name of a class?

Answer 1

It's not a method, it's a field. The field is called __name__. class.__name__ will give the name of the class as a string. object.__class__.__name__ will give the name of the class of an object.

Answer 2

In [1]: class test(object):
   ...:     pass
   ...: 

In [2]: test.__name__
Out[2]: 'test'

Answer 3

In [8]: str('2'.class)
Out[8]: ""

In [9]: str(len.class)
Out[9]: ""

In [10]: str(4.6.class)
Out[10]: ""

Or, as was pointed out before,

In [11]: 4.6.class.name
Out[11]: 'float'

Answer 4

I agree with Mr.Shark, but if you have an instance of a class, you'll need to use it's __class__ member:

>>> class test():
...     pass
...
>>> a_test = test()
>>>
>>> a.__name__
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: test instance has no attribute '__name__'
>>>
>>> a.__class__
<class __main__.test at 0x009EEDE0>