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Matthew Wang
Matthew Wang

Reputation: 37

Class accepts varying arguments Python

How would a class accept varying arguments? For example, if I had a class like this

class Shape(object):
    def __init__(self, sides):
        self.sides = sides

If I call this as Shapes(3), the sides will be 3 AKA a triangle.

How would I do this: If I wanted to just call it as a Shape() with no arguments, it would automatically make the Shape() have self.sides = 4. AKA a square

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (2)

YoungCoder5
YoungCoder5

Reputation: 945

If 'object' is another class then Shape would copy object like this:

class object():
    self.bla = 'bla'
class Shape(object):
    ...

else do this:

class Shape():
    ...

Upvotes: 0

John Zwinck
John Zwinck

Reputation: 249153

Make a default argument:

class Shape(object):
    def __init__(self, sides=4):
        self.sides = sides

Upvotes: 4

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