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🚀 How to Call a Parent Class Method from a Child Class in Python?

Let's dive in and answer this popular interview-style question! 👨‍💻👩‍💻

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🔥 Question:
How can you call a method of the parent class from within a method of a child class?

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Correct Answer:
Option 1: Using the super() function

👉 Why?
- In Python, super() is the standard way to access methods and properties of a parent class from inside a child class.
- It's clean, elegant, and also supports multiple inheritance properly.

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Quick Example:

class Parent:
def greet(self):
print("Hello from Parent!")

class Child(Parent):
def greet(self):
print("Hello from Child!")
super().greet() # Calling parent class method

# Create an instance
child = Child()
child.greet()


🛠 Output:
Hello from Child!
Hello from Parent!


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🔥 Let's Review Other Options:
- Option 2: Directly calling parent method (like Parent.greet(self)) is possible but not recommended. It tightly couples the child to a specific parent class name.
- Option 3: Creating an instance of the parent class is incorrect; you should not create a new parent object.
- Option 4: parent_method() syntax without reference is invalid.

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🎯 Conclusion:
Always use super() inside child classes to call parent class methods — it's the Pythonic way! 🐍

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#Python #OOP #Inheritance #super #PythonTips #Programming #CodeNewbie #LearnPython

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🔥 Simple Explanation:
- In Python, we use the class keyword to define any class (whether it's a base class or a child class).
- There’s no keyword like inherit, superclass, or parent in Python.
- inherit means "to inherit," but it's not a Python keyword.
- superclass and parent are just concepts, not keywords.

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A Simple Example:

class Animal:
pass

class Dog(Animal):
pass


🔹 Here:
- Animal is a base class (or parent class).
- Dog is a child class that inherits from Animal.

And for both, the class keyword is used! 🎯

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🎯 Conclusion:
So, always use class to define any class in Python (whether it's a parent or child class).

#Python #OOP #Class #Inheritance #PythonBasics #Programming #LearnPython

👨‍💻 From: https://t.me/DataScienceQ
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