Objects in Python

[Peter Otten]

shaun wrote:

> I'm having an issue its my first time using python and i set up a class
> one of the methods is supposed to return a string but instead returns:
> 
> <bound method Param.returnString of <Param.Param instance at 0x00C
> 389E0>>
> 
> Im very new to python and the object orientated feature doesnt seem to be
> as well put together as Java. 

It's definitely too early for you to draw conclusions ;)

> Can anyone help with this problem?

You have successfully created a bound method, now you need to invoke it:

>>> class Param(object):
...     def returnString(self):
...             return "hello"
... 
>>> p = Param()
>>> p.returnString
<bound method Param.returnString of <__main__.Param object at 
0x7facb3a16a50>>
>>> p.returnString()
'hello'

Unlike some other langages Python does not implicitly invoke functions or 
methods. That makes it easy to pass them around like any other object.