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Python Programming

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Classes and Object


• A class is a user-defined blueprint or prototype from which objects are
created.
• Classes provide a means of bundling data and functionality together.
Creating a new class creates a new type of object, allowing new instances
of that type to be made.
• Each class instance can have attributes attached to it for maintaining its
state.
• Class instances can also have methods (defined by their class) for
modifying their state.
Syntax: Class Definition
class ClassName:
# Statement

Syntax: Object Definition


obj = ClassName()
print(obj.atrr)

• The class creates a user-defined data structure, which holds its own data
members and member functions, which can be accessed and used by
creating an instance of that class.
• A class is like a blueprint for an object.

❖ Some points on Python class:


➢ Classes are created by keyword class.
➢ Attributes are the variables that belong to a class.
➢ Attributes are always public and can be accessed using the dot (.)
operator.
Eg.: My class.Myattribute

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❖ Creating a Python Class


Here, the class keyword indicates that you are creating a class followed by
the name of the class

Example:

class Dog:
sound = "bark"

❖ Object of Python Class


An Object is an instance of a Class. A class is like a blueprint while an instance
is a copy of the class with actual values.
An object consists of:
➢ State: It is represented by the attributes of an object. It also reflects
the properties of an object.
➢ Behavior: It is represented by the methods of an object. It also
reflects the response of an object to other objects.
➢ Identity: It gives a unique name to an object and enables one object
to interact with other objects.

❖ Declaring Claas Objects (Also called instantiating a class)

When an object of a class is created, the class is said to be instantiated. All the
instances share the attributes and the behavior of the class. But the values of

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those attributes, i.e. the state are unique for each object. A single class may
have any number of instances.
Example:

❖ Example of Python Class and object


Creating an object in Python involves instantiating a class to create a new
instance of that class. This process is also referred to as object instantiation.

# Python3 program to
# demonstrate instantiating
# a class
class Dog:
# A simple class
# attribute
attr1 = "mammal"
attr2 = "dog"
# A sample method
def fun(self):
print("I'm a", self.attr1)
print("I'm a", self.attr2)

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Output:

mammal
I'm a mammal
I'm a dog

❖ Self Parameter

When we call a method of this object as myobject.method(arg1, arg2), this is


automatically converted by Python into MyClass.method(myobject, arg1,
arg2) – this is all the special self is about.

Example:
class GFG:
def __init__(self, name, company):
self.name = name
self.company = company

def show(self):
print("Hello my name is " + self.name+" and I" +
" work in "+self.company+".")

obj = GFG("John", "Topper World")


obj.show()

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Output:

Hello my name is John and I work in GeeksForGeeks.

❖ Pass Statement

• The program’s execution is unaffected by the pass statement’s inaction.


It merely permits the program to skip past that section of the code
without doing anything.
• It is frequently employed when the syntactic constraints of Python
demand a valid statement but no useful code must be executed.

Example:

class MyClass:
pass

❖ Class and Instance Variables

• Instance variables are for data, unique to each instance and class
variables are for attributes and methods shared by all instances of the
class.
• Instance variables are variables whose value is assigned inside a
constructor or method with self whereas class variables are variables
whose value is assigned in the class.

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