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Magic Methods Overview in Python

Show common magic methods like __str__ and __len__.

IntermediateObject-Oriented ProgramsExample 18 of 25
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1# Program to demonstrate some magic methods
2

3class BookCollection:
4    def __init__(self, books):
5        self.books = books
6

7    def __len__(self):
8        return len(self.books)
9

10    def __str__(self):
11        return ", ".join(self.books)
12

13bc = BookCollection(["Python 101", "OOP in Python"])
14print(len(bc))
15print(bc)

Output

2
Python 101, OOP in Python

What's going on

Implementing __len__ and __str__ customizes how len() and print() behave for the class.

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