- __init__
- self
Initialize an instance - (not a constructor), attributes and getters
In Python we dont explicitely declare attributes so what people usually do is add a method calles __init__
and let that method set up the initial values of the insance-object.
examples/oop/attributes/shapes.py
class Point: def __init__(self, a, b): self.x = a self.y = b
examples/oop/attributes/use_shapes.py
from shapes import Point p1 = Point(2, 3) print(p1) # <shapes.Point instance at 0x7fb58c31ccb0> print(p1.x) # 2 print(p1.y) # 3 p2 = Point(b=7, a=8) print(p2) # <shapes.Point instance at 0x7fb58c31cd00> print(p2.x) # 8 print(p2.y) # 7