A class is a user-defined blueprint or prototype from which objects are created.
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See below example of Define a class, then create a Object with the class.
#Define a Class
class MyClass:
x = 5
# Create a Object with Class
p1 = MyClass()
# Use the Object
print(p1.x)
Python class could have a constrictor function for initial the class.
A simple Class with init function. Notice in class, the function need pass 'self' as it first parameter.
class MyClass:
def __init__(self):
self.name="unknow"
p1= MyClass()
print(p1.name)
Note: The __init__()
function is called automatically every time the class is being used to create a new object.
It just the name of the first parameter, and in object of class, the first paramter of method always the object itself. You could name it to any name
class MyClass:
def __init__(me):
me.name="test"
p1= MyClass()
print(p1.name)
class MyClass:
def __init__(this):
this.name="test"
p1= MyClass()
print(p1.name)
Note: In many other language , you don't need pass self, they use this key word to point itself.
Create a class to take name and value in init.
class MyClass:
def __init__(self,name,value):
self.name = name
self.value = value
p1= MyClass("x",100)
p2= MyClass("y",20)
print(p1.name +" = "+str(p1.value))
print(p2.name +" = "+str(p2.value))
if you want you could create the new object with flexible number of arguments, below is the example:
# myClass.py
class MyClass:
x=0
y=0
def __init__(self,*args):
if(len(args)>0):
self.x=args[0]
if(len(args)>1):
self.y=args[1]
def sum(self):
return self.x+self.y
# Create a Object with Class
p1 = MyClass()
print(p1.sum())
p1 = MyClass(2)
print(p1.sum())
p1 = MyClass(2,3)
print(p1.sum())
Objects can also contain methods. Methods in objects are functions that belong to the object.
Let us create a method in the Person class:
class Person:
def __init__(self, name, age):
self.name = name
self.age = age
def myfunc(self):
print("Hello my name is " + self.name)
p1 = Person("John", 36)
p1.myfunc()
The Properties of a object is changeable after assign.
class Person:
def __init__(self, name, age):
self.name = name
self.age = age
def myfunc(self):
print("Hello my name is " + self.name)
p1 = Person("John", 36)
p1.myfunc()
p1.name="Smith"
p1.age=24
p1.myfunc()
print("age="+str(p1.age)
Note Python is a weak type language, you always could create and modify the properties any time
p1.name="Smith"
p1.age=24
p1.myfunc()
print("age="+str(p1.age))
p1.age="twenty one"
print("age="+p1.age)
Save the person class to person.py
# python.py
class Person:
def __init__(self, name, age):
self.name = name
self.age = age
def myfunc(self):
print("Hello my name is " + self.name)
in the same folder, create a python file with below code
from person import Person
p1 = Person("John", 36)
p1.myfunc()
if you put your class in a sub folder /myclass/person.py so the import will be
from myclass.person import Person
Note your class name and directory name should avoid key works of python https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_ref_keywords.asp
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Please read below and completed the exercises at the end. https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_classes.asp
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please Check you previous code, try to rewrite some of them into one or more classes. you could try save each class as one file. Then use a main python file to import them and run the function in those classes.