[Tutor] Writing Classes in python

Kent Johnson kent37 at tds.net
Wed Nov 1 22:28:43 CET 2006


Rajesh R wrote:
> I am new to Python and i have a very basic question about writing classes.
> Lets say  i have the following code :
> 
> class Sample:
>   'A simple class'
> 
>   def method1():
>    print 'Inside Method1'
> 
> When i create an instance of the class and when i try to call the method 
> method1, i get an error message.
> What i do is on the promt, i import the class, create an instance say 
> obj=Sample and i call the method obj.method1
> 
> Am i doing something wrong or i might have not understood the class coding 
> in Python.

You need parentheses for calls in Python. Try obj=Sample() and 
obj.method1().

Kent



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