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This allows for setting the initial values of these attributes directly when creating an instance of the class, without needing to separately assign values to each attribute later on.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a sample code demonstrating the use of 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\nperson2 = Person(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Bob\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">30<\/span>)\r\n\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<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(person2.name)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u51fa\uff1aBob<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(person2.age)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u51fa\uff1a30<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, the Person class has two attributes, name and age. 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