[Tutor] I'm trying to wrap my head around defs

[frank ernest]

Opensuse 12.2 python3.2
 I'm having trouble understanding them.
 Python is my first language... excluding English.
 I've already read ALL OF THE PYTHON Language Referance and I still don't "get it."
 What do they do?
 How do they work?
 How do you define self?
 Is self an object, a variable, or what?
 How about some over commented examples?
 The if statement is a statement of comparison. what is a def and more specifically a class?
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