Convert Object to String in Python

Python defines type conversion functions to directly convert one data type to another. This article is aimed at providing information about converting an object to a string.

Converting Object to String

Everything is an object in Python. So all the built-in objects can be converted to strings using the str() and repr() methods.

Example 1: Using str() method

Python3

# object of int
Int = 6

# object of float
Float = 6.0

# Converting to string
s1 = str(Int)
print(s1)
print(type(s1))

s2= str(Float)
print(s2)
print(type(s2))

Output:

6
<class 'str'>
6.0
<class 'str'>

Example 2: Use repr() to convert an object to a string

Python3

print(repr({"a": 1, "b": 2}))
print(repr([1, 2, 3]))

# Custom class
class C():
    def __repr__(self):
        return "This is class C"

# Converting custom object to
# string
print(repr(C()))

Output:

{'a': 1, 'b': 2}
[1, 2, 3]
This is class C

Note: To know more about str() and repr() and the difference between to refer, str() vs repr() in Python