[Python] Question about Objects

[Python] Question about Objects

	Mark Roach
	Nov 21, 2003 at 3:01 pm

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:56:07 -0500, campbell95 wrote:

I've been hacking visual basic for several years and understand the basic
concepts of OOP. That said, I'm stumped here with the Python Class.

[...]

def getSomething(self):
return self.something

[...]

x.getSomething

you need to actually call the method: x.getSomething()

-Mark

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SBrunning: getSomething *will* return something - but you have to *call* it. See, a function (or method, a.k.a a bound method) is also an object. "x.getSomething" with no brackets at the end just *refers* to this object. To call the function, try "x.getSomething()". This can be very useful at times, 'cos it allows you to pass functions around the same way you do with any other object types. But it also confuses VBers. ;-) Cheers, Simon Brunning, http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ --LongSig

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