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CS: Objects in Python

Mutability

Changing Objects with Functions

Learning Objectives - Mutability

Define the term mutable

Construct a function to modify instance variables


(attributes)
Mutability and Functions

Mutability
Objects are mutable, which means that objects (specifically their
attributes) can change value. Think of a video game; the main character in
the game is constantly changing. It could be their position on the screen,
the score, their health, the items in their inventory, etc. Imagine a simple
class called Player. A newly instantiated Player object has a health of 100, a
score of 0, and starts on level 1. This object can lose health, increase their
score, and advance levels.

class Player:
"""Simple player class"""
def __init__(self, health=100, score=0, level=1):
self.health = health
self.score = score
self.level = level

player1 = Player()
print(f"This player has {player1.health} health, a score of {player1.score

player1.health -= 10
player1.score += 25
player1.level += 1
print(f"This player has {player1.health} health, a score of {player1.score

challenge

Try these variations:


Change the health of player1 to 0?
Print the status of player1 once their health is 0?
One Possible Solution

print(f"This player is dead. They died on level {player1.level} with a score of {player1

Functions and Objects


One of the benefits of functions is code reusability. The example above has
a repetition of the print statement. This is a good opportunity to use a
function.
class Player:
"""Simple player class"""
def __init__(self, health=100, score=0, level=1):
self.health = health
self.score = score
self.level = level

def print_player(p):
"""Print the status of a player"""
print(f"This player has {p.health} health, a score of {p.score}, and is on level

player1 = Player()
print_player(player1)
player1.health -= 10
player1.score += 25
player1.level += 1
print_player(player1)

Using a function to print the status of player1 may not seem like it was
worth the effort to change the code. But when these functions become
more complex, The efficiency becomes clear.

class Player:
"""Simple player class"""
def __init__(self, health=100, score=0, level=1):
self.health = health
self.score = score
self.level = level

def print_player(p):
"""Print the status of a player"""
if p.health <= 0:
print(f"This player is dead. They died on level {p.level} with a score of

else:
print(f"This player has {p.health} health, a score of {p.score}, and is on level

player1 = Player()
print_player(player1)
player1.health = 0
player1.score += 25
player1.level += 1
print_player(player1)
challenge

Can you:
Create a function to change a player’s health?
One possible solution

def change_health(p, amount):


"""Change a player's health"""
p.health += amount

Create a function to change a player’s level?


One possible solution

def change_level(p):
"""Change a player's level"""
p.level += 1

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