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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Objects in Python
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:03:51 +0000 (UTC)
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In <18409992-1e28-4721-8e64-60c69668da4e@googlegroups.com> shaun <shaun.wiseman91@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm having an issue its my first time using python and i set up a class one of the methods is supposed to return a string but instead returns:

> <bound method Param.returnString of <Param.Param instance at 0x00C
> 389E0>>

It looks like you're referencing the method object itself, instead of
calling it method.  In other words, you've left off the parentheses.

I.e. you're doing something like this:

    print my_object.foo

Instead of this:

    print my_object.foo()

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