what is magic method and why is wriiten as method?
Magic methods in iterator
@aamiropti In other languages such as C++ we have a concept of Operator Overloading , similarly in python we have magic methods.
Magic Methods-
Magic methods are always called whenever we use any operator such as +,-,* and so on or even when we use any in buit function such as int(),float() which are used for type conversions.
Whenever you add two numbers using + operator a method called __add__(self) is called internally , this method then explains the system “What is to be done.” whenever + is encountered in our code.
Similarly when we call any in built function such as abs() to find the absolute of a number or float() to convert a variable into float , functions __abs__(self) and __float__(self) are called internally to perform their functionality.
Why are they called methods-
Because as we know everything in python is an object. Which means that there exists a class in which they are stored.
These magic methods are also a part of class which is inbuilt in python, and as we know functions in a class are called methods .
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