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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Let's Build a Timed Quiz App Taking The Quiz

Rolando Aguilera
Rolando Aguilera
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Posted by Rolando Aguilera
Rolando Aguilera
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Self in OOP

Under which circumstances should I use "self" when making classes of defining methods? Thanks there :P

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

Methods, by default, are considered "instance" methods and should all use self as the first parameter.

There are exceptions for advanced usage where a method is explicitly declared as a classmethod. The will be cover this later in the course.