What’s the key difference between method and function in python?
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Actually we don’t need to go in depth but you can understande that the main difference is only that a function works on it’s own (I know it sounds cocky) and a method requires an object to work on for eg,
let’s define a function to add two numbers…
Now this function return the addition of two numbers, nothing else…
Moreover it works independtly of the other program…
So, if we did add_two(9, 10) we would simply get 19.
Now a method works on object
So, what does it mean…It just means that the set of instructuions i.e. method is defined to be used on object (in-built or custom)
For eg,
count method works on a list and takes a parameter i.e. the value you want to count >>
So, there is not a major difference but it’s important to know that a method cannot be used independently >>
As you can see there’s an error…
Hope this helps…
It’s not the greatest explaination so I’ll attach a link to a post…if you want to go in more depth…
I found this On STACKOVERFLOW…
Thank you very much for your valuable comments
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