> In a class is every def called a method Strictly speaking only those that have a 'self' parameter(or equivalent) The others are "unbound functions" and pretty useless, usually being the result of programmer errors!...
> and the def __init__(self) is called the constructor method? Usually. > I don't have a problem writting a def I am still not clear on how to > use a constructor. Use the constructor to initialise the attributes of your new instance. When you create an instance by calling a class: instance = Class(a,b,c) what happens is that Python creates a blank instance of Class then calls the __init__ method of the new instance passing in the arguments you gave to the class, in our case a,b,c. [ If your class inherits from a superclass then its usually a good idea to call the superclass init method inside your init just to make sure the superclass attributes are all set up properly too. ] > Is there a site that explains the constructor in > great detail? Well I try... But it depends on how great a detail you want. "Great detail" implies "not easy to understand", in which case the definitive site is the Python documentation! Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
