Although I did not understand most of what Jatin taught in this video but the main doubt is that why is he typing “self.name=name” inside the init method and what is the variable “self”
What is the variable self in the init method
Hi @Anuvrat99
class A(object):
def __init__(self):
self.x = 'Hello'
def method_a(self, foo):
print self.x + ' ' + foo
the self variable represents the instance of the object itself. Most object-oriented languages pass this as a hidden parameter to the methods defined on an object; Python does not. You have to declare it explicitly. When you create an instance of the A class and call its methods, it will be passed automatically, as in
a = A() # We do not pass any argument to the __init__ method
a.method_a('Sailor!') # We only pass a single argument
When you call A() Python creates an object for you, and passes it as the first parameter to the __init__ method. Any additional parameters (e.g., A(24, 'Hello') ) will also get passed as arguments–in this case causing an exception to be raised, since the __init__ method isn’t expecting them. Setting variables as self.x sets variables as members of the A object (accessible for the lifetime of the object).
Hope this might helps 
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