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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance __str__

Posted by saro lin
saro lin
Courses Plus Student 531 Points

pass ??

what is the purpose of 'pass ' in class?

2 Answers

liang zhou
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liang zhou
Courses Plus Student 6,567 Points
liang zhou
liang zhou
Courses Plus Student 6,567 Points

The "pass" statement lets you skip the methods that you don't want to implement and satisfy the syntactical requirement of Python.

It does nothing but acts like a placeholder.

Anish Walawalkar
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Points
Anish Walawalkar
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Points

Its a placeholder that allows you to create empty classes and functions/methods. while being syntactically correct.