When debugging in PHP, I frequently find it useful to simply stick a var_dump() in my code to show me what a variable is, what its value is, and the same for anything that it contains.
What is a good Python equivalent for this?
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When debugging in PHP, I frequently find it useful to simply stick a var_dump() in my code to show me what a variable is, what its value is, and the same for anything that it contains.
What is a good Python equivalent for this?
To display a value nicely, you can use the pprint module. The easiest way to dump all variables with it is to do
If you are running in CGI, a useful debugging feature is the cgitb module, which displays the value of local variables as part of the traceback.