Introduction
Welcome to my 65th blog post on the Python journey. On day 65, I learned about a special method called the Static method, which has no access to class instances but still we can directly call class functions using it. Let's dive into more details and understand this method in Python.
So let's get started......
Static Method
These methods belong to a class rather than an instance of the class.
We can define them using @staticmethod decorator
They do not have access to class instance i.e 'self'
Used to create utility functions that don't need access to instance data
They are not called on instance of class but directly on the class itself.
Example -
In the below example, the add method is a static method of the Math class. It takes two parameters a and b and returns their sum. The method can be called on the class itself, without the need to create an instance of the class.
class Math:
def __init__(self, num):
self.num = num
def addtonum(self, n):
self.num = self.num +n
@staticmethod
def add(a, b):
return a + b
# result = Math.add(1, 2)
# print(result) # Output: 3
a = Math(5)
print(a.num)
a.addtonum(6)
print(a.num)
print(Math.add(7, 2)) #calling method on the class directly
Resources Used
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Conclusion
Thanks, guys for going through this blog post. On day 65, I learned about the special utility method called static methods in Python. They don't need access to instance data and can be used directly.
Thank you if you read this post and have found this post useful. I hope you have joined me and are enjoying my magical journey of Python coding. This is it for Day #65
See you in the next one.....
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