CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonmethods
user15071942
user15071942

Reputation:

How to make any method act as __init__ in Python?

When I run something like:

class Compliment():
   def __init__(self):
      self.Hello = "HI"
   def Bye(self):
      self.bye = "BYE"
print(Compliment().Hello)
print(Compliment().bye)

I get:`

AttributeError: 'Compliment' object has no attribute 'bye'
HI

But I want to create attributes in others methods, and make the method "init" useless for this purpose, Is this possible? If it is, how could I do something like that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 74

Answers (2)

mustnot
mustnot

Reputation: 159

class Compliment():
   def __init__(self):
      self.Hello = "HI"

   @property
   def bye(self):
      return "BYE"

> print(Compliment().Hello)
HI
> print(Compliment().bye)
BYE

python class property decorator is executed at initialization.
It can be automatically generated and used without having to run a separate function.

Upvotes: 0

Prune
Prune

Reputation: 77900

You can create attributes anywhere you wish. The error with your code is that you did not invoke method Bye before you tried to print an attribute that is created only within that method. Instead, try

prop = Compliment()
print(prop.Hello)
prop.Bye()
print(prop.bye)

In answer to your direct question: no, you cannot make __init__ useless for creating attributes. You do not have to use it that way, but you cannot disable it: __init__ is a language-defined method.

Upvotes: 1

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