Question

Doing a math function of the type def.

def integral_error(integral,f):
    ------stufff-------
    print integral

gives something like: '<function simpsons at 0xb7370a74>'

is there a way to get just simpsons without string manipulations? ie just the function name?

Answer 1

You can use:

integral.func_name

Or:

integral.__name__

Though, they are exactly equivalent. According to docs:

__name__ is Another way of spelling func_name

Here’s a sample code:

>>> def f():
    pass

>>> f.__name__
'f'
>>> f.func_name
'f'
>>>