explain_self.py

# Trying to explain self in Python

class Number:
  
  class_value = 1
  
  def __init__(self, value):
    # self is used here to refer to the newly created obj because __init__ is magic and it's a constructor
    # All OO langs have to have constructors
    self.value = value
    
  # In other methods, self refers to the object that was created when you called Number(some_value)
  def add_to_self(self, other_number_object):
    self.value += other_number_object
    
  def add_to_other(self, other_number_object):
    other_number_object.value += self.value
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
  x = Number(1)
  y = Number(1)
  print("x is: " + x)
  print("y is: " + y)
  print("x.add_to_self(y.value) is: " + x.add_to_self(y.value))