Python in a Nutshell

Name

dir

Synopsis

dir([obj])

Called without arguments, dir( ) returns the sorted list of all variable names that are bound in the current scope. dir( obj ) returns the sorted list of all names of attributes of obj. In Python 2.1 and earlier, dir does not return attributes that obj gets from its type or by inheritance. In Python 2.2 and later, dir returns all attributes, including ones that are inherited and from its type. See also vars in this section.