Classes & Objects

A class is a blueprint for creating objects. It defines the attributes (data) and methods (behaviors) that the objects of that class will use.

Defining a Class

To define a class, you use the class keyword followed by the class name.

class MyClass:

    # Class attributes and methods go here

For example, here we’ve defined a class called Person with attributes and methods.

First, we create a new class named “Person”.

class Person:

Adding Attributes

Next, we define the attributes the class will use. To do this, we use the __init__() method. This is a special method called a constructor and is executed automatically when a new object of the class is created.

    def __init__(self, name, age):

        self.name = name

        self.age = age

The self parameter refers to the instance...