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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. Create a Parent Class Any class can be a parent class, so the syntax is the same as creating any other class:
Create a Child Class To create a class that inherits the functionality from another class, send the parent class as a parameter when creating the child class:
Now the Student class has the same properties and methods as the Person class.
Add the __init__() Function So far we have created a child class that inherits the properties and methods from its parent. We want to add the
When you add the To keep the inheritance of the parent's
Now we have successfully added the __init__() function, and kept the inheritance of the parent class, and we are ready to add functionality in the Use the super() Function Python also has a
By using the Add Properties
In the example below, the year
Add Methods
If you add a method in the child class with the same name as a function in the parent class, the inheritance of the parent method will be overridden. Tags: Child Class Parent Class Python Python Class Python Inheritance ![]() ![]() | |||
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