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Object-Oriented Python: Takeaways

by Dataquest Labs, Inc. - All rights reserved © 2023

Syntax
• Define an empty class:
class MyClass:

pass

• Instantiate an object of a class:


class MyClass:

pass

mc_1 = MyClass()

• Define an init function in a class to assign an attribute at instantiation:


class MyClass:

def __init__(self, param_1):

self.attribute_1 = param_1

mc_2 = MyClass("arg_1")

• Define a method inside a class and call it on an instantiated object:


class MyClass:
def __init__(self, param_1):

self.attribute_1 = param_1

def add_20(self):

self.attribute_1 += 20

mc_3 = MyClass(10) # mc_3.attribute is 10


mc_3.add_20() # mc_3.attribute is 30

Concepts
• In Object-Oriented Programming, the fundamental building blocks are objects.
• It differs from Procedural programming, which executes sequential steps.
• An object is an entity that stores data.
• A class describes an object's type. It defines the following:
• What data is stored in the object, known as attributes
• What actions the object can do, known as methods
• An attribute is a variable that belongs to an instance of a class.
• A method is a function that belongs to an instance of a class.
• We access attributes and methods using dot notation. Attributes do not use parentheses,
whereas methods do.

• An instance describes a specific example of a class. For instance, in the code x = 3 , x is an


instance of the type int .

• We call creating an object instantiation.


• A class definition is code that defines how a class behaves, including all methods and
attributes.

• The init method is a special method that runs at the moment of an object's instantiation.
• The init method ( __init__() ) is one of a number of special methods that Python defines.

• All methods must include self , representing the object instance, as their first parameter.

• It is convention to start the name of any attributes or methods that we don't intend for external
use with an underscore.

Resources
• Python Documentation: Classes

Takeaways by Dataquest Labs, Inc. - All rights reserved © 2023

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