Enum class with ToString functionality

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

 bg_ie at yahoo.com wrote:
> I have the following class -
> 
> class TestOutcomes:
>     PASSED = 0
>     FAILED = 1
>     ABORTED = 2
> 
> plus the following code -
> 
> testResult = TestOutcomes.PASSED
> 
> testResultAsString
> if  testResult == TestOutcomes.PASSED:
>     testResultAsString = "Passed"
> elif testResult == TestOutcomes.FAILED :
>     testResultAsString = "Failed"
> else:
>     testResultAsString = "Aborted"
> 
> But it would be much nicer if I had a function to covert to string
> as part of the TestOutcomes class. How would I implement this?

Why don't use the simple approach like this?

TEST_PASSED = "Passed"
TEST_FAILED = "Failed"
TEST_ABORTED = "Aborted"

In Python, no one forces you to put everything in classes.

If you are determined to use the class approach, use the __str__
method. It's called when you do str(instance).

Regards,


Björn

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