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- What is the purpose of the `self` parameter? Why is it needed?
For a language-agnostic consideration of the design decision, see What is the advantage of having this self pointer mandatory explicit? To close debugging questions where OP omitted a self parameter for a method and got a TypeError, use TypeError: method () takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given instead If OP omitted self in the body of the method and got a NameError, consider How can
- Python self keyword - Stack Overflow
9 First, Python's self is not a keyword, it's a coding convention, the same as Python's cls Guido has written a really detailed and valuable article about the origin of Python's support for class, and in that article, Guido explains why use self and cls, and why they are necessary
- What difference does it make to use self to define a member in a . . .
A x is a class variable B 's self x is an instance variable i e A 's x is shared between instances It would be easier to demonstrate the difference with something that can be modified like a list:
- What does \\. self actually do in Swift SwiftUI? - Stack Overflow
I think it is setting the id for each list item as each item in the numbers array? Correct me if wrong - but is each id being set as whatever Int is in each entry of the numbers array? If so, then what does \ actually do when typing \ self and what does self actually do in combination with \?
- Why do I get TypeError: Missing 1 required positional argument: self?
See Why do I get 'takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)' when trying to call a method? for the opposite problem
- Difference between cls and self in Python classes?
Why is cls sometimes used instead of self as an argument in Python classes? For example: class Person: def __init__(self, firstname, lastname): self firstname = firstname self
- How to avoid explicit self in Python? - Stack Overflow
The "self" is the conventional placeholder of the current object instance of a class Its used when you want to refer to the object's property or field or method inside a class as if you're referring to "itself"
- Purpose of return self python - Stack Overflow
Returning self from a method simply means that your method returns a reference to the instance object on which it was called This can sometimes be seen in use with object oriented APIs that are designed as a fluent interface that encourages method cascading
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