Difference between function and method in Python. Is it just self?

Published: 25 January 2023
on channel: Python for Everyone

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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Methods are functions in objects and take care of their state via the self parameter. Regular functions can live anywhere in your code. They process input and return output. This video shows the difference between functions and methods.

C H A P T E R S
0:08 What is a function?
0:28 Function with side effects
2:35 What is a method?
3:38 What is self?
4:04 Where are instance methods stored?
5:35 Why does an instance method expect self as the first parameter but when it is called, self does not have to be passed as an argument?
6:10 Functions v.s. Methods
6:52 Does it have to be named 'self'?

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