What is self in Python?

By convention, this argument is always named self. In the __init__ method, self refers to the newly created object; in other class methods, it refers to the instance whose method was called. For example the below code is the same as the above code. read more

In this post I am going to teach you about the self variable in python. I have seen many beginners struggling to grasp the concept of self variable. If you are one of them then this post is for you. read more

I understand it refers to the specific object created from that class, but I can't see why it explicitly needs to be added to every function as a parameter. read more

There is no explicit variable declaration in Python. They spring into action on the first assignment. The use of self makes it easier to distinguish between instance attributes (and methods) from local variables. In, the first example self.x is an instance attribute whereas x is a local variable. read more