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Anthony Costanza
2,123 PointsHuh? Dunder who?
Dunder Main who?
I'm not gonna lie - up until now - I was doing ok with this Python stuff - but I just feel like there is a giant chunk of info missing to sew this concept up in the mind of a novice - ugh! help please!
2 Answers
Alexander Besse
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,115 PointsHi Anthony Costanza!
Python dunder methods are special pre-recognized methods by python that you can place on a class, and are denoted by the double underscore on both sides of the method name.
__init__(self, args..) # Think of this as the constructor of the class. Initialization can be done here.
__len__(self) # The length value you return from here will show when you use `len(classvar)`.
# There are many more dunder methods...
Here is a source to read: https://dbader.org/blog/python-dunder-methods
I haven't taken the python course on Treehouse's platform but I hope that helps. Feel free to reach out for more.
AJ Tran
Treehouse TeacherHi Anthony Costanza , check out this video about Dunder Main: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/understanding-dunder-main-main
I hope you will find it helpful!