What is self?
Explore how the self parameter in Python classes allows instances to reference themselves distinctly. Learn to use self to maintain attributes across methods in class definitions, enabling clear and functional object-oriented programming.
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Python classes need a way to refer to themselves. This isn’t some kind of narcissistic navel-gazing on the part of the class. Instead, it’s a way to tell one instance from another. The word self is a way to describe itself, literally. Let’s take a look at an example as I always find that helpful when I’m learning something new and strange:
If you add ...