!r 在 str() 和 repr() 中做什么?

What does !r do in str() and repr()?

根据 Python 2.7.12 documentation:

!s (apply str()) and !r (apply repr()) can be used to convert the value before it is formatted.

>>> import math
>>> print 'The value of PI is approximately {}.'.format(math.pi)
The value of PI is approximately 3.14159265359.
>>> print 'The value of PI is approximately {!r}.'.format(math.pi)
The value of PI is approximately 3.141592653589793.

有趣的是,转换后的值是repr()的输出,而不是str().

>>> str(math.pi)
'3.14159265359'
>>> repr(math.pi)
'3.141592653589793'

那么这里的"convert the value"是什么意思呢?使其更难阅读?

为了将 中的某些内容格式化为字符串,必须首先创建该内容的字符串表示形式。 “转换值”基本上是在谈论如何构造字符串表示形式。在 python 中,有两个相当自然的选择来获取某物的字符串表示形式……strreprstr 通常更人性化,repr 通常更精确。也许 official documentation 是寻找差异的最佳位置:

object.__repr__(self)

  • Called by the repr() built-in function to compute the “official” string representation of an object. If at all possible, this should look like a valid Python expression that could be used to recreate an object with the same value (given an appropriate environment). If this is not possible, a string of the form <...some useful description...> should be returned. The return value must be a string object. If a class defines __repr__() but not __str__(), then __repr__() is also used when an “informal” string representation of instances of that class is required.

  • This is typically used for debugging, so it is important that the representation is information-rich and unambiguous.

object.__str__(self)

  • Called by str(object) and the built-in functions format() and print() to compute the “informal” or nicely printable string representation of an object. The return value must be a string object.

  • This method differs from object.__repr__() in that there is no expectation that __str__() return a valid Python expression: a more convenient or concise representation can be used.

  • The default implementation defined by the built-in type object calls object.__repr__().

str.format中,!s选择使用str格式化对象,而!r选择repr格式化值。

字符串的区别很容易看出(因为字符串的 repr 将包含外引号)。:

>>> 'foo {}'.format('bar')
'foo bar'
>>> 'foo {!r}'.format('bar')
"foo 'bar'"

这两种方法之间的区别在很大程度上取决于所格式化的对象。对于许多对象(例如那些不重写 __str__ 方法的对象),格式化输出没有区别。

我调用了 str(object) 和函数 -format() 和 print() 来计算有人称之为“非正式”的。

完美打印对象的字符串表示。 return 值也必须是字符串对象。