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Pulkit Kumar
2,052 Pointsjust a very basic question why do we always have to pass self in the methods that we define?
why do we always have to pass self in the methods that we define?
2 Answers
Josip Dorvak
18,126 PointsI would take a look at this page: (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2709821/python-self-explained)
It explains alot on why self is needed
However a basic runthrough is that if you have a function:
def function(self, arg1):
....
from a class called ClassA and an object of ClassA called ObjA,
when you call ObjA.function(2), what really happens behing the scenes is this
ClassA.function(ObjA, 2)
the function needs to have a reference to the object that is calling it
Tobias Edwards
14,458 PointsI try and think of it to show that these methods are linked to our class. I recommend doing some independent research on self, as I have done (it took me 20 mins to get the hang of it).