How is __init__ not a constructor? Isn't it working exactly like a constructor?

#1

Can I get a bit more clarification on init?

#2

Hey @Nitin-Bhattacharyya-2319140631658033, “ init ” is a reseved method in python classes. It is called as a constructor in object oriented terminology. This method is called when an object is created from a class and it allows the class to initialize the attributes of the class. For more information/clarification, you can refer the following link :

init method in python

I hope this clears your doubt ! :+1:
Happy Learning ! :smile:

#3

Thanks for the response , after some intensive digging I found that there is a difference in constructors and initialises,which don’t differ in C++ or Java but that in python new is a constructor and init is an initialiser,don’t know how wrong or right I am but I hope I will learn more and the concepts will be clearer to me as I dive in more in the course.

#4

Thanks for the response , after some intensive digging I found that there is a difference in constructors and initialises,which don’t differ in C++ or Java but that in python new is a constructor and init is an initialiser,don’t know how wrong or right I am but I hope I will learn more and the concepts will be clearer to me as I dive in more in the course.

#5

Yeah right ! Here is all the explanation you need :

init in python

I hope this makes it more clear.
Happy Learning ! :slightly_smiling_face:

#6

Thanks for the response,my doubt is resolved now.

#7

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