Typename

The typename module defines a single function also called typename which returns the name of the type of any object as a string.

Its purpose is purely aesthetic, to avoid unsightly constructs such as type(obj).__name__ or the ghastly obj.__class__.__name__.

Installation

The typename package is available on the Python Package Index (PyPI):

Typename should work with any version of Python 3. To install:

With pip from PyPI:

pip install typename

How to use

>>> from typename import typename
>>> x = 5
>>> typename(x)
'int'

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