vars()

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vars() is a built-in Python function that returns the __dict__ attribute of an object. The __dict__ attribute is a dictionary containing the object’s mutable attributes.

Syntax

vars(object)

Here, object refers to an instance of a particular class.

Codebyte Example

The following example uses vars() to return the __dict__ attributes of the object Person:

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