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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Method Arguments

Posted by sathish
sathish
5,697 Points

__init__ can you brief me what is the use of it and also

def init(self, name, sneaky=True, **kwargs): self.name = name self.sneaky = sneaky

here why we use self.name , and self.sneaky what is the use of it can you give me a breif explanation? thank you

1 Answer

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

In python classes, init initializes your class, in other words, what you put in your init function will exist as soon as an instance of the class is created. For example:

class Car:
  def __init__(self, color)
    self.color = color

In the above example, I've created a car class, and everytime I create a car object, I can pass it a color to create a car of that color:

red_car = Car('red')

If I were to get the red_cars's property 'color', it would be red.

sathish
sathish
5,697 Points

thank you very much