In a class is every def called a method and the def __init__(self) is called the constructor method? This class stuff is a little confusing. I don't have a problem writting a def I am still not clear on how to use a constructor. Is there a site that explains the constructor in great detail?
a method is simply a function attached to an object which acts on that object. Nothing fancy.
You can think of __init__ as a constructor. I have seen Python people refer to it as an initializer as well.
All __init__ is doing is preparing the object for use. Give initial values to any variables, setup any datastructures, and/or maybe call a few other functions / classes.
thing = MyClass(a,b)
the call to MyClass above gets mapped to MyClass.__init__(a,b). Logically the flow is:
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