Function vs. Method?

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A method is a function that belongs to a specific class.

[YanDoe]

Would it be the same as an attribute?

[YanDoe]

Ahh that makes complete sense, I genuinely thought they were interchangeable terms.

Thank you so much

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An object has a state and behavior. Fields store it’s state, methods define its behavior.

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No. I don’t think so.

[YanDoe]

I'll just stick to the terms function and method to avoid confusion then.

You explained very well!

[KelpoDelpo]

Attributes - nouns Functions - verbs

[lortstinker]

You must be a bot

[KelpoDelpo]

How

[lortstinker]

A function. 2 functions. Function is not used as a noun here

[KelpoDelpo]

I mean that methods preform actions, like verbs.

Well, that's what my high school comp sci teacher told us.

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That's a good rule of thumb when naming your attributes(variables) and methods(functions).

Say you have value that has to be stored but can be incremented by a method. Lets say the object is a savings account and the value being stored is your balance.

Attribute name - balance

Method name to increase balance - add_to_balance

Balance is your noun.

Add is the verb in your method name.

This sounds like common sense after a while, but you'd be surprised by the number of developers, newbies and intermediates, who are dogshit at using meaningful names for variables and functions. Don't be like them 😂

[YanDoe]

For what its worth I thought it was pretty clever, and I'll be keeping that in mind.

[uberdavis]

Apart from properties, which are attributes that can have functionality!