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Ankit Singh
965 Pointsi don't understand __init__ function. see the video named __init__ i have questions plz make me understand..
see in video it has 2 function defined. battlecry function has an argument "self".... am i right it is argument? but in video teacher said it is instance , how it can be?? now in init function it has 4 argument which include self also and when we run our file we do not provide a value to self why ??? plz help me i don't understand init.
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james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,258 Pointsself just refers to the instance being created. see if this helps:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/625083/python-init-and-self-what-do-they-do