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Class Methods and Static Methods

Explore how to define and use class methods and static methods within Python classes. Understand when to use each type to access or modify class variables, or to create utility functions, improving your object-oriented programming skills.

Methods in a Python class

In Python classes, we have three types of methods: instance methods, class methods, and static methods. In this lesson, we will be focusing on class methods and static methods.

Class methods

Class methods work with class variables and are accessible using the class name rather than its object. Since all class objects share the class variables, class methods are used to access and modify class variables.

Class methods are accessed using the class name and can be accessed without creating a ...