Python repr() Function

The repr() function is used to get the printable string representation of an object.  

Syntax:

repr(object)

The single argument , object,  can be any valid value such as an integer, a string, lists, a user-defined class, a function, etc.

repr(1)
//'1'
repr(list)
//"<class 'list'>"
repr("Python")
//"'Python'"
repr(True)
//'True'
repr({1:'one'})
//"{1: 'one'}"

The built-in print() function actually prints the string returned by repr(object) .

User defined objects can customize their printable representation by overriding the __repr__() method.

class Example1:
     def __init__(self):
        self.name = 'Instance'
e1 = Example1()
print(e1)

class Example2:
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = 'Example2 Instance'
    def __repr__(self):
        return self.name
       
e2 = Example2()
print(e2)