Can anyone explain simply what differences there are between functions and methods in Python?

Question

Python Learning

Answer 1

The differences between Methods and Functions are that:

Functions:
Functions often takes values from an object and returns a value, but it don't change anything on the objects it took as it's arguments.

Methods:
Methods often take an object and an argument and use the argument to do something to the object.

Examples:
len Function returns the length of values put as it's arguments, but the values doesn't change anyways.

append Method will add an item in the end of a list, then the list would have 1 more object always the method is executed.

Answer 2

methods are functions which belong to a class

Answer 3

python is not as strong oop as Java for example.
So functions can live without a class as container. Their container is the prog.
Methods are functions in a class .

Answer 4

Functions are pieces of reusable code. Methods are functions that belong to a class.

Answer 5

Talley Berry Thank you so much🙏🙏🙏

Answer 6

Seb TheS, very digestible explanations of "class , function , and method" . I don't know how i can thank you.

Answer 7

Paul Grasser Excuse me, what a class is?

Answer 8

BEN10MZF check out this lesson: https://www.sololearn.com/learn/JUMP_LINK__&&__Python__&&__JUMP_LINK/2467/

Answer 9

Class is a structure little similar to function definitions, that can contain values for different object having same attributes,

class Myclass:
def __init__(self, weight, height)
self.weight = weight
self.height = height

A = Myclass("100 kg", "200 cm")
print(A.weight)
print(A.height)

>>>
100 kg
200 cm
>>>

Class took 2 arguments "100 kg" for weight and "200 cm" for height, the variable which was assigned to Myclass("100 kg", "200 cm") is self : A = Myclass("100 kg", "200 cm") so A is self, when ever after assigning the class A.weight or A.height are executed, they will return "100 kg", which is weight and "200 cm", which is height.

Also __init__ is an important part of creating class, it's a magic method.

Classes and magic methods are explained on the 7th part of Python3 tutorials.