[Tutor] _init_ from manuals

[Rick Pasotto]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:47:53PM +0200, Andrea Valle wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am starting with classes. Sorry, maybe something obvious.
> Reading the html manual I copied this example:
> 
> >>> class Complex:
> 	def _init_(self, realpart, imagpart):
> 		self.r=realpart
> 		self.i=imagpart
> 
> 
> >>> x=Complex(3.0,-4.5)
> 
> But I obtained:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in ?
>     x=Complex(3.0,-4.5)
> TypeError: this constructor takes no arguments

The typography in books makes this difficult to see but there should be
*two* underscores before and after 'init' so that should be

def __init__(self, realpart, imagpart):

rather than

def _init_(self, realpart, imagpart):

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