Using one method's result for another method in the same Class?

[btownboy]

Hey Guys,

I have a question as mentioned in the title. can you use one method's result for another method in the same Class?. I wish to use the result of the area method in the get_amount_inside method. Is there a way to do this? or put the equation for area L*W.

Thanks for your Help!

class Rectangle: def __init__(self, width, height): self.width = width self.height = height def get_area(self): area = self.width * self.height return area def get_amount_inside(self, shape): self.shape = shape if self.shape == "sq": num_times = self.area/(self.width * self.width) return num_times 

[bowlofred]

Sure. Normally you'll just use self to call the method. Something like:

def get_amount_inside(self): area = self.get_area() # do more stuff using the area....

get_area() is a method (function), not an attribute. So you need the parenthesis to call it.

[btownboy]

Thanks buddy! appreciate it.

[buran]

Note that you can turn get_area into property using @property decorator.

class Rectangle: def __init__(self, width, height): self.width = width self.height = height @property def area(self): return self.width * self.height rect = Rectangle(10, 2) print(rect.area)