{"id":24483,"date":"2022-12-03T08:17:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T02:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-would-the-class-look-like-that-for-the-object-test-if-i-change-the-value-test-i-closed\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T08:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T02:47:30","slug":"solved-would-the-class-look-like-that-for-the-object-test-if-i-change-the-value-test-i-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-would-the-class-look-like-that-for-the-object-test-if-i-change-the-value-test-i-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Would the class look like that for the object test if I change the value test.i? [closed]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-68298188\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"68298188\" data-parentid=\"68298102\" data-score=\"0\" data-position-on-page=\"2\" data-highest-scored=\"0\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"0\" itemprop=\"suggestedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>If I understand your question well:<\/p>\n<p>by doing <code>test.i = \"Hello\"<\/code>, your are modifying its attribute <code>i<\/code> but your are not &#8220;modifying the class&#8221; nor its code. Your are simply changing the value of a variable that happens to be an object attribute.<\/p>\n<p>So, the class &#8220;does not look like that&#8221; because it does not mean anything.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, when you change <code>test.i<\/code> after instantiating the class like you did, the value of <code>test.o<\/code> will <strong>not<\/strong> be changed.<\/p>\n<p>See What&#8217;s the pythonic way to use getters and setters? : you can use <code>@property<\/code> to change <code>test.o<\/code> when <code>test.i<\/code> is modified.<\/p>\n<pre><code>class Test:\n    def __init__(self):\n        self.i = \"Test\"\n\n    @property\n    def o(self):\n        return f\"{self.i} Test\"\n    \n\ntest = Test()\nprint(test.o)  # 'Test Test'\ntest.i = \"Hello\"\nprint(test.o) # 'Hello Test'\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr>\n<p>Keep in mind that Python only does what YOU tell it to do. If you tell it to change the value of <code>test.i<\/code>, <code>test.i<\/code> will have the new value, but python will not modify <code>test.o<\/code> unless you tell it to do so.<\/p>\n<p>With the way you defined your class, when you create a new object by doing <code>test = Test()<\/code>, Python initializes it with the value you put in <code>__init__()<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when you change <code>test.i<\/code> by doing <code>test.i = \"Hello\"<\/code>, you only change this value and not the other properties of the class.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it this way : if I have an object and I modify one of its attributes, i do not want the other to be modified unless I tell Python to do so&#8230; This would be an unwanted side effect.<\/p>\n<p>The <code>@property<\/code> decorator allow you to define a function and then use it as a normal attribute. In this example, <code>test.o<\/code> is re-computed each time you ask for it with the value of <code>test.i<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Side note : those are terrible variable names&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">8<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Would the class look like that for the object test if I change the value test.i? [closed] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] If I understand your question well: by doing test.i = &#8220;Hello&#8221;, your are modifying its attribute i but your are not &#8220;modifying the class&#8221; nor its code. Your are simply changing the value of a variable that happens to be an object attribute. So, the class &#8220;does not look like that&#8221; because it does &#8230; <a title=\"[Solved] Would the class look like that for the object test if I change the value test.i? 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