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Overriding methods from Parent Class in Python
schedule Aug 12, 2023
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You can override a method from the parent class by defining a method with exactly the same name in the child class. Python will place priority on the method you define in the child class over the definition in the parent class.
Example
In the below example we define the method speak in both the parent class Animal and the child class Dog:
class Animal():
def __init__(self, name, age): self.name = name
def speak(self): print("I am the method from the parent class!")
class Dog(Animal): # Name of the parent class must be included within the brackets # This is constructor for python def __init__(self, name, age): super().__init__(name, age) # Notice how we do not need self parameter here
def speak(self): print("I am a the method from the child class!")
my_dog = Dog("Roxas", 26) my_dog.speak()
I am a the method from the child class!
As we can see, the definition from the child class is prioritized.
Published by Arthur Yanagisawa
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