From 5c6c8392cf2891cdc74702327dfc8ebd84c4b6a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Hawkins <simonjayhawkins@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 08:54:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "CLN: DataFrame.__repr__ (#44271)"

This reverts commit 015541eabcd1eba2d79823cee872cfb90b516495.
---
 pandas/core/frame.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 2b0f7a36b6fa2..5c24c57925393 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -988,13 +988,15 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         """
         Return a string representation for a particular DataFrame.
         """
+        buf = StringIO("")
         if self._info_repr():
-            buf = StringIO("")
             self.info(buf=buf)
             return buf.getvalue()
 
         repr_params = fmt.get_dataframe_repr_params()
-        return self.to_string(**repr_params)
+        self.to_string(buf=buf, **repr_params)
+
+        return buf.getvalue()
 
     def _repr_html_(self) -> str | None:
         """