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8th Nov 2019, 4:56 PM
NIMA
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When you create an object, it calls __init__ method to initialize it. It is not really a constructor, since it doesn't create the object itself. In a class, self refers to the object itself (not the class name but an instance of this class). See classes as plans. You instanciate a new object following the plans. I.e : x = Person() You create here a new object of type Person.
8th Nov 2019, 9:46 PM
Théophile
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`init` is the constructor function of `Person` class, and `self` is the `Person` object itself.
8th Nov 2019, 5:17 PM
o.gak
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