Difference between methods and functions?

Question

I thought I understood but clearly not. What is the difference? My understanding was that a method actually changed the object it was acting on and a fun toon just returned something.

I.e. . append () actually changes something where is Len() doesn't.

But then I came across the method .count(). Why is this a method? It's not changing anything, just counting the instances of a given something.

Probably haven't explained that very well...

Answer 1

I explain it simply : a method is a function that belongs to an object. Learn OOP to understand the difference better.

Answer 2

we have a bit similar discussion here, maybe you can join
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/2184025/?ref=app

Answer 3

Here, count belongs to an object of type 'list'.

Answer 4

Penny's dropped. Thanks a lot!

Answer 5

So I've just done a module on OOP. I get what a class is and an object. So in that example, what is the object count belongs to?

Answer 6

a method