set variables in class python code example

Example 1: what is a ython instance

An object belonging to a class. e.g. if you had an Employee class, each 
individual employee would be an instance of the Employee class

Example 2: how to assign a variable to a class in python

class Shark:
    animal_type = "fish"
    location = "ocean"
    followers = 5

new_shark = Shark()
print(new_shark.animal_type)
print(new_shark.location)
print(new_shark.followers)