In <66a3f64c-d35e-40c7-be69-ddf708e37...@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com>
Niklas Rosencrantz <[email protected]> writes:
> What's the story of using these parameters that are called "self"?
"self" is a reference to the class object, and it allows the method to
access other methods and variables within the class.
For example, say you have this class:
class MyClass(object):
def method1(self, x):
self.x = x
self.say_hello()
def say_hello(self):
self.x = self.x + 1
print "hello"
Without the "self" reference, method1 wouldn't be able to access
instance variable x and it wouldn't be able to call say_hello().
If you have a method that doesn't need to access other variables or
methods within the class, you can declare it with the @staticmethod
decorator.
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