getting dir(x), but not as list of strings?

[Gary Herron]

mh at pixar.com wrote:
> I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:
>
>     for i in dir(x):
>         if type(i) == types.FunctionType: ...
>
> but of course dir() returns a list of strings.  If x is a module,
> how can I get the list of its members as their actual types?
>
> Many TIA!
> Mark
>
>   
Use the builtin vars to get a dictionary of names and associated objects. 

import sys
for name,ob in vars(sys).items():
  print name,type(ob)

Gary Herron



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