How can I return all values inside of a class variable? - python-3.x

Question

I'm writing a text adventure game in Python and I'm curious on how I can go about listing all the items inside of the Room class
I'm very new to Python and have very limited practice.
# Declaring items and assigning them rooms
dingus = Item("Dingus", "This really dings.")
room["garden"].add_item(dingus)
flippers = Item("Flippers", "Webbed in nature.")
room["garden"].add_item(flippers)
# Declare all the rooms
room = {
'garden': Room("Garden",
"""The flowers are blooming wonderfully. To the south lies a dark path.""")
}
class Room:
def __init__(self, title, description):
self.title = title
self.description = description
self.items = []
self.items_in_room = ''
def __repr__(self):
print(f"-" * 40)
return (f"You are at the {self.title}.")
def add_item(self, item):
return self.items.append(item)
def list_items_in_room(self):
for item in self.items:
self.items_in_room += item
', '.split(self.items)
return self.items
class Item:
def __init__(self, name, description):
self.name = name
self.description = description
def __str__(self):
return f'{self.name} - {self.description}' + '\n' + "-" * 40
I'm expecting Room.list_items_in_room to list all the items in the room in a comma separated string.

Answer 1

I have re-arranged your code and also changed the function list_items_in_room. Also, have changed the __str__ function to __repr__ and removed the '-' * 40 (I couldn't understand why that's there).
class Room:
def __init__(self, title, description):
self.title = title
self.description = description
self.__items = []
# __ so that it's not modifiable without getter and setter functions
def __repr__(self):
print(f"-" * 40)
return (f"You are at the {self.title}.")
def add_item(self, item):
return self.__items.append(item)
def list_items_in_room(self):
return self.__items
class Item:
def __init__(self, name, description):
self.name = name
self.description = description
def __repr__(self):
return f'{self.name} - {self.description}'
# Declare all the rooms
room = {
'garden': Room("Garden",
"""The flowers are blooming wonderfully. To the south lies a dark path.""")
}
dingus = Item("Dingus", "This really dings.")
room["garden"].add_item(dingus)
flippers = Item("Flippers", "Webbed in nature.")
room["garden"].add_item(flippers)
print(room['garden'].list_items_in_room())
Output:
[Dingus - This really dings., Flippers - Webbed in nature.]