The repr() function is used to get the printable string representation of an object.  

Syntax:
repr(object)

The single argument , object,  can be any valid value such as an integer, a string, lists, a user-defined class, a function, etc.

ExampleEdit & Run
print( repr(1) )

print( repr(list) )

print( repr("Python") )

print( repr(True) )

print( repr({1:'one'}) )
 Visualize 
Output:
1
<class 'list'>
'Python'
True
{1: 'one'}

[Finished in 0.015334231000004195s]

The built-in print() function actually prints the string returned by repr(object) .

User defined objects can customize their printable representation by overriding the __repr__() method.

ExampleEdit & Run
class Example1:
     def __init__(self):
        self.name = 'Instance'
e1 = Example1()
print(e1)

class Example2:
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = 'Example2 Instance'
    def __repr__(self):
        return self.name
       
e2 = Example2()
print(e2)
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Output:
<__main__.Example1 object at 0x7f963bac3950>
Example2 Instance

[Finished in 0.014185720000000401s]