str VS repr

• repr

It returns the string wrapped with (').

>>> a = "Life is too short"
>>> str(a)
'Life is too short'

>>> repr(a)
"'Life is too short'"

 

>>> import datetime
>>> a = datetime.datetime(2017, 9, 27)
>>> str(a)
'2017-09-27 00:00:00'

>>> repr(a)
'datetime.datetime(2017, 9, 27, 0, 0)'

str	repr
-human-readable -informal -called by the built-in print(), str() -intended for users	-more information-rich -official -called by the built-in repr() - intended for developers

 

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/python-str-repr-functions