def oa(o): for at in dir(o): print at, ''' Sample calls and output for oa() below: # object attributes of a dict: oa({}) __class__ __cmp__ __contains__ __delattr__ __delitem__ __doc__ __eq__ __format__ __ge__ __getattribute__ __getitem__ __gt__ __hash__ __init__ __iter__ __le__ __len__ __lt__ __ne__ __new__ __reduce__ __reduce_ex__ __repr__ __setattr__ __setitem__ __sizeof__ __str__ __subclasshook__ clear copy fromkeys get has_key items iteritems iterkeys itervalues keys pop popitem setdefault update values viewitems viewkeys viewvalues # object attributes of a list: oa([]) __add__ __class__ __contains__ __delattr__ __delitem__ __delslice__ __doc__ __eq__ __format__ __ge__ __getattribute__ __getitem__ __getslice__ __gt__ __hash__ __iadd__ __imul__ __init__ __iter__ __le__ __len__ __lt__ __mul__ __ne__ __new__ __reduce__ __reduce_ex__ __repr__ __reversed__ __rmul__ __setattr__ __setitem__ __setslice__ __sizeof__ __str__ __subclasshook__ append count extend index insert pop remove reverse sort # object attributes of an int: oa(1) __abs__ __add__ __and__ __class__ __cmp__ __coerce__ __delattr__ __div__ __divmod__ __doc__ __float__ __floordiv__ __format__ __getattribute__ __getnewargs__ __hash__ __hex__ __index__ __init__ __int__ __invert__ __long__ __lshift__ __mod__ __mul__ __neg__ __new__ __nonzero__ __oct__ __or__ __pos__ __pow__ __radd__ __rand__ __rdiv__ __rdivmod__ __reduce__ __reduce_ex__ __repr__ __rfloordiv__ __rlshift__ __rmod__ __rmul__ __ror__ __rpow__ __rrshift__ __rshift__ __rsub__ __rtruediv__ __rxor__ __setattr__ __sizeof__ __str__ __sub__ __subclasshook__ __truediv__ __trunc__ __xor__ bit_length conjugate denominator imag numerator real ''' def oar(o): for at in dir(o): if not at.startswith('__') and not at.endswith('__'): print at, ''' # regular (meaning non-dunder) object attributes of a dict: oar({}) clear copy fromkeys get has_key items iteritems iterkeys itervalues keys pop popitem setdefault update values viewitems viewkeys viewvalues # regular object attributes of an int: oar(1) bit_length conjugate denominator imag numerator real # regular object attributes of a string: oar('') _formatter_field_name_split _formatter_parser capitalize center count decode encode endswith expandtabs find format index isalnum isalpha isdigit islower isspace istitle isupper join ljust lower lstrip partition replace rfind rindex rjust rpartition rsplit rstrip split splitlines startswith strip swapcase title translate upper zfil '''