Child class name in parent class function at run time Python

python

Solution

You'd use: `self.__class__.__name__` to retrieve the name of the class of the instance `self`.

class ParentClass:

    def print_child_class_name(self):
        print(self.__class__.__name__)

class ChildClass1(ParentClass):
    pass

class ChildClass2(ParentClass):
   pass

child_1 = ChildClass1()
child_2 = ChildClass2()
child_1.print_child_class_name() #Prints ChildClass1
child_2.print_child_class_name() # Prints ChildClass2

Problem

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