python - How do I convert a mention variable, to a normal variable and print it to my terminal

Question

I have a variable in my code that looks like this, only problem is it looks very ugly in my terminal. Here's a picture.

I would like it to display: {Name of the winner} has won: {prize}, instead of showing their Discord ID and making my terminal look horrible to look at.

Here is my code, which makes this monstrosity of a terminal.

winners = random.sample([user for user in users if not user.bot], k=winerscount)

winnerstosend = "
".join([winner.mention for winner in winners])




win = await msg.edit(embed = discord.Embed(title = "WINNER" , description = f"Congratulations {winnerstosend}, you have won **{msg4.content}**!" , color = discord.Color.blue()))

print(Fore.GREEN + winnerstosend , Fore.WHITE + "has won: " , Fore.GREEN + msg4.content)
print(Style.RESET_ALL)

Now I would love it if you could help me out, and convert my mistake into a beautiful confirmation message.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65903980/how-do-i-convert-a-mention-variable-to-a-normal-variable-and-print-it-to-my-ter

Answer 1

Is user your object? If so, you can define a str dunder-method and print the string in the way you want.

Please see example below.

user@Inspiron:~/code/advanced_python$ cat str_dunder_example.py 
class A:
    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age

    def __str__(self):
        return f'User {self.name} aged {self.age} has won'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    a = A('FakeBlob', 20)
    print(a)
user@Inspiron:~/code/advanced_python$ python str_dunder_example.py 
User FakeBlob aged 20 has won
user@Inspiron:~/code/advanced_python$