Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome to my 78th blog post on the Python journey. On day 78, I learned about the simplest and the most common form of inheritance which is SINGLE INHERITANCE in PYTHON. Here the class can inherit attributes and properties from its parent class. Let's dive into more details and understand SINGLE INHERITANCE in Python.
So let's get started......
Single Inheritance
Here a class inherits properties and behaviors from a single-parent class.
This is the simplest and most common form of inheritance.
Syntax -
class ChildClass(ParentClass):
# class body
To create a new class that inherits from a parent class, simply specify the parent class in the class definition, inside the parentheses, as shown above
Example -
Consider a class named "Animal" that contains the attributes and behaviors that are common to all animals.
class Animal:
def __init__(self, name, species):
self.name = name
self.species = species
def make_sound(self):
print("Sound made by the animal")
We create a new class for a specific type of animal, such as a dog, that inherits from the Animal class.
class Dog(Animal):
def __init__(self, name, breed):
Animal.__init__(self, name, species="Dog")
self.breed = breed
def make_sound(self):
print("Bark!")
d = Dog("Dog", "Doggerman")
d.make_sound()
a = Animal("Dog", "Dog")
a.make_sound()
Output
Bark!
Sound made by the animal
Explanation : - The Dog class is the child class that inherits all the attributes and behaviors of the parent class Animal class, including the __init__ method and the make_sound method. Additionally, the Dog class has its own __init__ method constructor that adds a new attribute for the dog's breed, and it also overrides the make_sound method to specify the unique sound that a dog makes i.e ''bark".
Resources Used
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Conclusion
Thanks, guys for going through this blog post. On day 78, I learned about Single inheritance which allows us to create new classes based on existing classes. Single inheritance in Python helps us to reuse the code and extend the functionality to fit our custom needs, making it easier to manage complex systems.
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 #78
See you in the next one.....
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