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Intro to Writing a Class in Python

Dr. Barb Ericson explains that in order to define a class in Python, you use the keyword class followed by the name of the class and then a colon.

This video explains how to write a class in Python. In order to define a class in Python, you use the keyword class followed by the name of the class and then a colon. This video walks you through how to create a class Car by showing you how to initialize object fields or attributes in the init method (init) and how to define what is printed using the str method (str).

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