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Lecture 8 - Inheritance in Python

The document discusses inheritance in Python including defining inheritance with an example, using the super() function, and overriding methods. Inheritance allows a child class to inherit properties and methods from a parent class and reuse code. The super() function allows a child class to inherit from the parent without naming it directly. A method can be overridden in a child class if it has the same name, parameters, and return type as the parent method.

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Lecture 8 - Inheritance in Python

The document discusses inheritance in Python including defining inheritance with an example, using the super() function, and overriding methods. Inheritance allows a child class to inherit properties and methods from a parent class and reuse code. The super() function allows a child class to inherit from the parent without naming it directly. A method can be overridden in a child class if it has the same name, parameters, and return type as the parent method.

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Lecture-8

Inheritance in Python
Content

● Defines Inheritance with Example


● Use of super() Function
● Overriding in Python

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What is Inheritance?
Inheritance allows us to define a class that inherits all the methods
and properties from another class.

• Parent class: is the class being inherited from, also called base
class.
• Child class is the class that inherits from another class, also called
derived class.

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Inheritance Example

Ball Base Class

Child Class

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Create Base Class

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Create Child Class

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Create Object & Call Base Class Method

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Benefits of Inheritance

• It represents real-world relationships well.


• It provides reusability of a code. We don’t have to write the same
code again and again. Also, it allows us to add more features to a
class without modifying it

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Use the Super() Function

• Python has a super() function that will make the child class inherit
all the methods and properties from its parent
• By using the super() function, you do not have to use the name of
the parent element, it will automatically inherit the methods and
properties from its parent.

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Use the Super() Function

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Overriding

When a method in a subclass has the same name, same


parameters or signature and same return type (or sub-type) as a
method in its super-class, then the method in the subclass is said
to override the method in the super-class.

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Overriding Example

Base Class Ball


who_am_i()
Overriding
Extends

Child Class FootBall


who_am_i()

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Overriding Example

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Thank You

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