What is the difference between `>>> some_object` and `>>> print some_object` in the Python interpreter?

Question

In the interpreter you can just write the name of an object e.g. a list a = [1, 2, 3, u\"hellö\"] at the interpreter prompt like this:

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Answer 1

print(variable) equals to print(str(variable))

whereas

variable equals to print(repr(variable))

Obviously, the __repr__ and __str__ method of the object h5file produce different results.