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Just started learning python - question about types of statements. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by joshthewaster@lemmy.world to c/learn_programming@programming.dev
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Just started as in, I'm about an hour into a 4 hour intro video. Seeing two basic ways of manipulating things and don't understand the difference.

If I want to know the length of a string and I just guess at how to do it I would try one of these two things,

  1. Len(string)
  2. string.len()

What is the difference between these types of statements? How do I think about this to know which one I should expect to work?

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[–] joshthewaster@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Thanks this is helpful.

Function - probably has some limitations depending on what it is meant to do but generally I send a thing, it does it's function to that thing, and returns the result (or error).

Method - part of the thing itself. Would have to be defined for that 'object' and if it isn't then it probably doesn't make sense to ask for that info.

Probably have a ways to go to understand objects and why I would choose one VS the other.