What Is an Object in Python?
I Am Surprised That My Question Was Not Asked (Worded Like the Above) Before. I Am Hoping That Someone Could Break Down This Basic Term "Object" in the Context...
I am surprised that my question was not asked (worded like the above) before. I am hoping that someone could break down this basic term "object" in the context of a OOP language like Python. Explained in a way in which a beginner like myself would be able to grasp.
When I typed my question on Google, the first post that appears is found here.
This is the definition: An object is created using the constructor of the class. This object will then be called the instance of the class.
Wikipedia defines it like this: An object is an instance of a Class. Objects are an abstraction. They hold both data, and ways to manipulate the data. The data is usually not visible outside the object.
I am hoping someone could help to break down this vital concept for me, or kindly point me to more resources. Thanks!
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Everything is an object
An object is a fundamental building block of an object-oriented language. Integers, strings, floating point numbers, even arrays and dictionaries, are all objects. More specifically, any single integer or any single string is an object. The number 12 is an object, the string "hello, world" is an object, a list is an object that can hold other objects, and so on. You've been using objects all along and may not even realize it.
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