Question

Hi, I'm on Lecture 11. Can anyone explain a little about _init_(self) for me? Thanks

Answer 1

It is a class constructor. In short, the way to get an object built when it is called.

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_classes_objects.htm
http://www.diveintopython.net/object_oriented_framework/defining_classes.html

Answer 2

when a class object is instantiated the __init__ method is called.

http://docs.python.org/2/reference/datamodel.html#object.__init__
http://effbot.org/pyref/__init__.htm
9.3.2 of http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/classes.html#classes but it is probably worthwhile to start at the beginning of section 9

Answer 3

thanks a lot... started going through the pages