{"id":21574,"date":"2024-03-15T22:17:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T22:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-function-__init__-used-in-python\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T20:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T20:48:43","slug":"how-is-the-function-__init__-used-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-function-__init__-used-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"How is the function __init__ used in Python?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, __init__ is a special method used to initialize an object. This method is automatically called when creating an object and can also be used to pass parameters during object creation.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example using the __init__ method:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">Person<\/span>:\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">def<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">__init__<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">self, name, age<\/span>):\r\n        self.name = name\r\n        self.age = age\r\n\r\nperson1 = Person(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Alice\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span>)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(person1.name)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u51fa\uff1aAlice<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(person1.age)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u51fa\uff1a25<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, the Person class has an __init__ method which takes two parameters, name and age. 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