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KENDRA PUGH: Hi.

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Let's talk about
object oriented

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programming in Python.

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First, object oriented
programming is

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a programming paradigm.

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It's in the same category as
things like functional

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programming and imperative
programming.

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But object oriented programming
is going to be the

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programming paradigm that
describes most of the code

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that you're going to interact
with in 6.01.

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So it's important to understand
how it works and

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how, in particular, you want
to be able to code in an

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object oriented programming
paradigm in Python.

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So today, I'm going to go over a
quick crash course on object

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oriented programming, and also
indicate all the little tips

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and tricks you need in order
to program in Python.

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Let's look at what I
have written up.

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So the most important thing to
remember when you're learning

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about the object oriented
programming paradigm is that

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everything is an object.

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And what I mean when I say that,
and what people mean

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when people say that, is that
the ideals behind the paradigm

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are that you interact with your
code in the same way that

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you would interact with
objects in the

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physical world, right?

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There's a particular piece
of paper on the

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desk in front of me.

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And it is a kind of
piece of paper.

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So I know how to interact with
it the way you would interact

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with any other piece of paper.

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If you want to codify this in an
object oriented programming

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paradigm, you write
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Classes are your basic
unit of code block.

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They describe what a thing can
do and what a thing has or

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what attributes a thing has.

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And in object oriented
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frequently object oriented
programming and in object

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oriented programming
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we refer to those things as
methods or functions that a

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particular object may have, and
attributes or particular

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variables that an
object may have.

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Once you've codified what any
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can do, you can then use the
code that you've written to

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instantiate an object.

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An object is the functional unit
in the object oriented

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programming paradigm.

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It's the thing that you interact
with, and tell what

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to do, and produces
results for you.

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It's the thing that makes up--

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it and classes those are the
two things that you need to

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think about.

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But you also have to think about
how they're different.

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I have a particular sheet
of paper in front of me.

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It has all the properties
of a sheet of paper.

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And when I think about all the
things I can do to a sheet of

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paper, that constitutes
a class.

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But the particular piece of
paper that I have is an

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instance of that class.

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It's a particular
piece of paper.

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That's the gist of object
oriented programming and the

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things that you need to know.

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Now that I've covered them, I'm
going to go over the most

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basic class I could come up
with in terms of object

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oriented programming
in Python.

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This is a class that specifies
what a 6.01 staff member has

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in terms of an attribute
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If I want every instance of a
particular class or every

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staff member of the class, staff
member 6.01, to have a

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particular attribute, I
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Every instance of Staff6.01
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an attribute room.

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And that attribute room is going
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describing 34-501,
the 6.01 lab.

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If I want every 6.01 staff
member to be able to do a

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particular thing, or have a
particular method, or call a

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particular function, then
I specify it like this.

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This is the beginning of a
method in the class Staff6.01.

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It's called sayHi.

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I'll talk about self
in a second.

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Don't worry about it.

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Act as though--

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if this is your introduction
to Python programming, then

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pretty much pretend
it's not there.

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It's kind of like this, but
we'll cover that in a second.

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And if any instance of the
Staff6.01 class calls sayHi,

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then "hello" will be printed
to standard out.

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I have a couple examples up
on the board behind me.

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And if you type them into Idle
and see what their return is

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like, you'll be able to--

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after you've typed in this--

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you'll be able to interact a
little bit better with what

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Python considers classes,
and objects, and

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that sort of thing.

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If you look at type Staff6.01,
it'll tell you about a class,

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which is an object in itself.

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But it's a specification for
instances of an object.

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If you want to instantiate
an object that is of type

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Staff6.01, you need to use the
parenthesess on the end.

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This treats Staff6.01 like a
call and creates an object.

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If you just type Staff6.01,
you're just reassigning

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Staff6.01 class to the name
kpugh, and that's not useful.

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Every Staff6.01 member
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considered a Kendra, right?

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Once you have instantiated a
particular object of type

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Staff6.01, you can look at the
type of that object, right?

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Now you've got one object,
kpugh, myself.

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And that is a class
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Likewise, now that you have this
object, kpugh, you can

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look at its attributes
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If you look at kpugh.room, then
it should print to the

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screen "34-501." That's because
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associated with this instance.

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If you call kpugh.sayHi(), it
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class type of this object.

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So when you call .sayHi(), it
looks at kpugh, looks at the

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type, says, that's of type
Staff6.01, goes to class

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Staff6.01, finds the definition
for sayHi(), and

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then executes this code.

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Hopefully, that all
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Now, I want to talk
about self.

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And you might say, Kendra, I
don't understand where that

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comes into play.

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And you didn't even
use it over here!

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If you're familiar with C++ or
Java, self is a lot like this.

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Self is an implicit argument
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Even though you specify zero
arguments, it's considered the

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first argument.

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And you'll probably see a lot
type errors when you're first

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programming in object oriented
programming that say that

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you've either passed in too
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It has to do with this
definition, with self.

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Self says, I am talking
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That's not particularly
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But I'll try to explain
a little bit more.

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When kpugh calls .sayHi(),
sayHi() always has an implicit

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reference to whatever
called it.

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When you look at this code,
other instances can call this

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code, right?

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If I had an instance of Adam
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Chuang they would also have
access to the method sayHi().

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And when they called sayHi(),
sayHi() would point back to

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the class definition, but also
have a reference to whatever

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instance called it.

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So when you substitute in this
self, you substitute in

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whatever instance called
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That doesn't seem particularly
useful right now because that

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class definition does not
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self, or the ability to use
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as sort of unique storage
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I'm kpugh.

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I'm different from Adam Hartz.

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And therefore, I should be
able to have different

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attributes, or different
methods, or things that act

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slightly differently from the
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I'm going to look at a revised
definition of class Staff6.01,

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and that definition will use
self in a way that indicates

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that you can have different
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for different instances.

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It's right here.

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Class Staff6.01--

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it looks really similar.

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In fact, the first two lines
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We've got a class attribute.

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That means that every instance
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this attribute because it's
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If I want different
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have different properties,
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address the initialization
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In Python, when we want
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define the method __init__.

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__init__ is a very
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It's got these underscores.

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I think it's a protected
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And it always has the format
"self," and then whatever

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arguments you want to
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instantiating an object.

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__init__ is not exactly
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But for those of you that are
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acts like a constructor.

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Immediately after the object is

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constructed, __init__ is called.

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And all the set up that
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up the object happens.

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So any time you instantiate an
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are going to be executed.

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Or all the things
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is going to be executed.

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In particular, we're going to
set the attribute greeting to

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whatever argument we
passed in when we

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instantiated the object.

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So every instance that we create
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to have the class
attribute, room.

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They're all going to be
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But they're also going
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And you have the option of
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whatever you want.

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We're going to make use of this
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which still only takes the
argument self, or the

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reference to whatever object
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in the first place.

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That reference is going to
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So no matter which object calls
the method, you will

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have access to its particular
greeting using this syntax.

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Let's walk through an example.

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Let's say I make an example
of Adam Hartz, and he is a

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Staff6.01 member.

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And his greeting is going to be
"hi." Likewise, let's make

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another instance of me using the
new Staff6.01 definition.

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Make sure you type this
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going to work otherwise.

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And make my greeting "HELLO,"
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If you call the sayHi() method
using hartz, then you should

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get a different result then
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method using kpugh.

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But if you call the
room method--

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or, excuse me.

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If you were after the room
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then you should get the same
result because this is the

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class attribute definition,
whereas this attribute is

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specific to each instance.

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That's all I have to say for
now about object oriented

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programming.

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In my next video, I'll start
to talk about inheritance,

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which is another really
important property in 6.01 and

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also object oriented programming
in Python, and

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also has some slip ups.

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So I'd like to talk to
you about those next.