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Circle

class Circle():
def __init__(self, radius):
self.radius = radius

def area(self):
return 3.14 * self.radius * self.radius

def perimeter(self):
return 2 * 3.14 * self.radius

class Circle():
def __init__(self, radius):
self.radius = radius
self.pi = 3.14

def area(self):
return self.pi * self.radius * self.radius

def perimeter(self):
return 2 * self.pi * self.radius

c = Circle(4)
c.pi = 5

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@property

class Circle():
def __init__(self, radius):
self.radius = radius

@property
def pi(self):
return 3.14

def area(self):
return self.pi * self.radius * self.radius

def perimeter(self):
return 2 * self.pi * self.radius

__init__

@classmethod

Date

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class Date():
def __init__(self, day, month, year):
self.day = day
self.month = month
self.year = year

dd/mm/yyyy

Date

@classmethod
def fromString(cls, s):
day = int(s[:2])
month = int(s[3:5])
year = int(s[6:])
return cls(day, month, year) # Return a new object

Date fromString

d = Date.fromString("21/07/2020")
print(d.day, d.month, d.year)

Output:
21 7 2020

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enum

Enum

from enum import Enum

class WeekDay(Enum):
Monday = 1
Tuesday = 2
Wednesday = 3
Thursday = 4
Friday = 5
Saturday = 6
Sunday = 7

Friday

day = WeekDay.Friday

Friday

intDay = day.value # This will be 5

range

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__next__ __iter__

__iter__ self

__next__

class Backward():
def __init__(self, data):
self.data = data # The list we want to iterate
self.index = len(self.data)

def __iter__(self):
return self

def __next__(self):
if(self.index == 0):
raise StopIteration
else:
self.index -= 1
return self.data[self.index]

__next__ StopIteration

Backward

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bw = Backward([1,2,3,4,5])
for elem in bw:
print(elem)

5
4
3
2
1

__getitem__ __setitem__

x = l[idx] x = l.__getitem__(idx)

l[idx] = x l.__setitem__(idx, x)

class MyList():
def __init__(self, dimension):

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self.l = [0 for i in range(dimension)]

def __getitem__(self, idx):

def __setitem__(self, idx, data):

ml = MyList(5)
ml[1] = 50 # Set the first element of ml to 50
ml[2] = 100 # Set the second element of ml to 100
x = ml[1] # x is now 50

@property

@classmethod

Enum

__next__

__setitem__

__getitem__

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