What is __init__() in Python
Oct. 5, 2020, 7:08 a.m.

It is a function that is called automatically when an instance is created ,it is used to make assignments to instance attributes, self here refers to the instance. so here is a simple example
class Employee:
def __init__(self, first_name, last_name):
self.first_name = first_name
self.last_name = last_name
emp1 = Employee("Erik", "Hersman")
print(emp1.first_name)
print(emp1.last_name)
The output of the above code will be
Erik
Hersman
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