functions vs methods
Sharan Basappa
sharan.basappa at gmail.com
Sat Jul 21 15:06:08 EDT 2018
Is there a difference between functions and methods in Python.
For example, this is the text from tutorialpoint on Python:
Python includes the following list functions - cmp, len etc.
Python includes following list methods - append, count
A related question.
Refer to the following lines:
1) len(list)
2) list.append()
The first line passes list to a len function while the second line calls append method in list.
So, how to interpret this?
In the first case, len is a function that python provides to which list can be passed and in the second case, append is a method within list class?
If my interpretation is correct, why not make len also as a part of list class itself?
Thanks in advance
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