[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I just started with Python and I am new to OO programming. > Here is a simple code: > " > class Obj: > myVar = 1 > > def __init__(self): > myVar = 2 > > # > > > myObj = Obj() > > print myObj.myVar > " > > The output is of this script is '1'. I would except it to be '2'. > I not understanding something fundamentally here.
You want to replace "myVar = 2" by "self.myVar = 2" to get the result you expect. > > Can anybody explain? > Your "myVar = 1" sets a variable in the namespace of the class Your "myVar = 2" sets a variable in the local frame of execution of the __init__ method, that is invisible outside that frame Putting "self.myVar = 2" will set a variable in the instance dict that will shadow the class variable of the same name when you access myObj.myVar hth -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
