Usage of the __and__ method

[theju]

Hello all,
I've two objects (both instances of a class called Person) and I want
to use the __and__ method and print the combined attributes of the two
instances.

To be precise, here is my code....

class Person:
def __init__(self,name):
self.name = name
def print_name(self):
print self.name
def __and__(self,other):
self.name = '%s AND %s' %(self.name,other.name)
return self.name

p = Person("John")
q = Person("George")

r = p and q
print r.print_name()

Output:
-----------
George
None

I've also tried this:
class Person:
def __init__(self,name):
self.name = name
def print_name(self):
print self.name
def __and__(self,other):
a = Person()
a.name = '%s AND %s' %(self.name,other.name)
return a

p = Person("John")
q = Person("George")

r = p and q
print r.print_name()

Output:
-----------
George
None

The above output in both cases is giving me a doubt if __and__ method
is over-ridable or not?

The output that I am accepting is:
John AND George

What are the changes if to be made?

Thanking You
Thejaswi Puthraya
http://thejuhyd.blogspot.com

[Peter Otten]

theju wrote:

I've two objects (both instances of a class called Person) and I want
to use the __and__ method and print the combined attributes of the two
instances.

r = p and q
print r.print_name()

The above output in both cases is giving me a doubt if __and__ method
is over-ridable or not?

You cannot customize the logical 'and'. The __and__() method is used to
implement the binary and '&'. Change your code to

r = p & q
print r.print_name()

Peter

[attn.steven.kuo]

On May 30, 10:11 pm, theju <[e-mail]:

Hello all,
I've two objects (both instances of a class called Person) and I want
to use the __and__ method and print the combined attributes of the two
instances.

To be precise, here is my code....

class Person:
def __init__(self,name):
self.name = name
def print_name(self):
print self.name
def __and__(self,other):
self.name = '%s AND %s' %(self.name,other.name)
return self.name

p = Person("John")
q = Person("George")

r = p and q
print r.print_name()

Try:

class Person(object):
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
def __and__(self, other):
return '%s AND %s' % (self.name, other.name)

p = Person("John")
q = Person("George")

r = p & q
print r
(1) A "getter" method (like your print_name
method) is usually not needed, just access the
attribute of the instance. Like,

print p.name

(2) I doubt that you want the __and__ special
method to alter the name attribute of an
instance.

(3) You want to use the '&' operator
to dispatch to the __and__ method; __and__
is typically used for Numeric objects.

(4) You misunderstood how the 'and' operator
is used. The expression 'p and q' causes p to
be evaluated; if p is false, its value is returned;
otherwise q is evaluated and its value is returned.

--
Hope this helps,
Steven

[theju]

Thank you folks for reminding me that the logical AND cannot be over-
ridden and that the __and__ method represents the bit-wise AND
operation.

Thank You
Thejaswi Puthraya
http://thejuhyd.blogspot.com