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Python Object Oriented

Python Object Oriented
Python is an Object oriented programming Language. This means there exists a concept called ‘class’ that let’s programmer structure the codes of a software in a fashioned way. Because of the use of classes and objects, the programming became easy to understand and code.

Defining Class And Object

A class is a technique to group functions & data members and put them inside a container so that they can be accessed later by using dot (.) operator. Objects are the basic runtime entities of object oriented programming. It defines the instance of a class. Objects get their variables & functions from classes & the class we will be creating are the templates made to create object.

Object Oriented Terminologies

  • class: Classes are user defined data type that is used to encapsulate data and associated functions together. It also helps in binding data together into a single unit.
  • Data Member: A variable or memory location name that holds value to does specific task within a program.
  • Member Function: They are the functions; usually a block of code snippet that is written to re-use it.
  • Instance variable: A variable that is defined inside a method of a class.
  • Function Overloading: This technique is used to assign multiple tasks to a single function & the tasks are performed based on the number of argument or the type of argument the function has.
  • Operator Overloading: It is the technique of assigning multiple function/tasks to a particular operator.
  • Inheritance: It is the process of acquiring the properties of one class to another i.e. one class can acquire the properties of another.
  • Instantiation: It is the technique of creating an instance of a class.

Program For Class In Python

Example:
#!/usr/bin/python

class karl :
 varabl = 'Hello'

def function(self) :
 print "This is a message Hello"
Another program to explain functions inside class:
Example:
#!/usr/bin/python

class karl(object) :
 def __init__(self, x, y):
  self.x = x
  self.y = y

 def sample(self) :
  print " This is just a sample code"
In the above code, we created a class name karl using ‘class’ keyword. And two functions are used namely __init__() (for setting the instance variable) & sample(). Classes are used instead of modules because programmers can take this class ‘karl’ & use it or modify it as many times as we want & each one won’t interfere with each other. Importing a module brings the entire program into use.

Creating Objects (Instance Of A Class)

Let’s see an example to show how to create an object:
Example:
#!/usr/bin/pythonclass student:
class student:
        def __init__(self, roll, name):
                self.r = roll
                self.n = name
                print ((self.n))
                
#...       
stud1 = student(1, "Alex")
stud2 = student(2, "Karlos")

print (("Data successfully stored in variables"))
Output:
Alex
Karlos
Data successfully stored in variables

Accessing Object Variables

We can access the object’s variable using dot (.) operator.
The syntax is:
my object_name.variable_name
Example:
print object.varabl

Accessing Attributes

Object attributes can also be accessed by using dot operator.
Example:
stud1.display()
stud2.display()

print " total number of students are: %d" %  student.i

Use Of Pre-defined Functions

Instead of using general statements to access attributes, programmers can use the following functions:
  • getattr( obj, name [,default] ) : used to access object’s attribute
  • hasattr( object, name) : used for checking whether the attribute exists or not
  • setattr( obj, name, value ) : set or create an attribute if doesn’t exist
  • delattr( obj, name ) : used to delete an attribute

Built-In Class Attributes

All the Python built-in class attributes can be accessed using dot (.) operator like other attributes.
The built-in class attributes are:
  • __dict__: This attribute is a dictionary that contains class’s-namespace
  • __doc__: Used for class documentation string
  • __name__: used as class-name
  • __module__: used to define module name for the class in which it is defined. In interactive mode it is __main__.
  • __bases__: An empty tuple containing the base-class
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