Python hasattr()

The hasattr() method returns true if an object has the given named attribute and false if it does not.

The syntax of hasattr() method is:

hasattr(object, name)

The hasattr() is called by getattr() to check to see if AttributeError is to be raised or not.

hasattr() Parameters

The hasattr() method takes two parameters:

  • object - object whose named attribute is to be checked
  • name - name of the attribute to be searched

Return value from hasattr()

The hasattr() method returns:

  • True, if object has the given named attribute
  • False, if object has no given named attribute

Example: How hasattr() works in Python?

class Person:
    age = 23
    name = 'Adam'

person = Person()

print('Person has age?:', hasattr(person, 'age'))
print('Person has salary?:', hasattr(person, 'salary'))

When you run the program, the output will be:

Person has age?: True
Person has salary?: False