class mehtod python code example

Example 1: class methods in python

from datetime import date

# random Person
class Person:
    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age

    @classmethod
    def fromBirthYear(cls, name, birthYear):
        return cls(name, date.today().year - birthYear)

    def display(self):
        print(self.name + "'s age is: " + str(self.age))

person = Person('Adam', 19)
person.display()

person1 = Person.fromBirthYear('John',  1985)
person1.display()

Example 2: python classmethod

# classmethod example
In [20]: class MyClass:
    ...:     @classmethod
    ...:     def set_att(cls, value):
    ...:         cls.att = value
    ...:

In [21]: MyClass.set_att(1)

In [22]: MyClass.att
Out[22]: 1

In [23]: obj = MyClass()

In [24]: obj.att
Out[24]: 1

In [25]: obj.set_att(3)

In [26]: obj.att
Out[26]: 3

In [27]: MyClass.att
Out[27]: 3