[solved] Python Unary * and **

Question

Can "*" and "**" unary operators be redefined using "magic" methods?
Tried to quick Google, but did not find answer.
Example I was experimenting with:
https://code.sololearn.com/c5ac65WxNnk2/?ref=app

Answer 1

to implement Mapping behavior, you should inherit from collections.abc.Mapping and implement __iter__ (keys), __getattr__ (values) and __len__ (length):

import collections.abc

class UnpackableObject(collections.abc.Mapping):
def __iter__ (self):
for i in range(1, 5): yield i
def __getitem__(self,prop):
return 'abcd'[prop-1]
def __len__(self):
return 4

print((*UnpackableObject(),))
print({**UnpackableObject()})

Answer 2

Hi! to the best of my understanding of your question, as far as I know, the * operator is multiplication, and * * is exponentiation. what do you mean by magic methods?

Answer 3

Ярослав Вернигора(Yaroslav Vernigora), in Python magic methods are methods which are internally called when using operators on that objects (for example, "x == y" => "x.__eq__(y)" or (if x.__eq__ is not implemented) "y.__req__(x)") or when passing them as parameters of some built-in functions (for example, "len(x)" => "x.__len__()"). See https://www.sololearn.com/learning/2470/ and/or Intermediate Python, OOP, lesson 22.1 "Magic Operators & Operator Overloading".
"*" and "**" operators (when there is no left operand) are used to "unpack" the list and dictionary (dict) respectively.

Answer 4

That's it, I understand the question. this applies to unary operators. this topic was not clear to me even when studying the javascript.

Answer 5

Ярослав Вернигора(Yaroslav Vernigora), OK (I am sorry that it is happening to you), my question now is: how to make class a mapping (do I need to create new question for this)?

Answer 6

hint: post new questions in a newly created thread. so more chances to be seen

Answer 7

Hi! you can help yourself with this. carefully read and complete the lesson that explains how to escape characters in a text string

Answer 8

Thanks brother!

Answer 9

unfortunately, direct links to the lesson pages do not work for some reason. the app freezes

Answer 10

I experimented with code and discovered that unary "*" operator is actually (maybe, modified) "__iter__" method, but I cannot figure out how to make class objects mappings (for "**").

Answer 11

print('I'm learning Python!')
print("A number enclosed in double quotes: "42"")

Fix the given Python code to generate the expected output.

Who gives me a hand with this problem?