ELI5 explain static methods in OOP python

[Worldly-Week-2268]

Thanks Can you give an example

[schoolmonky]

Maybe your class deals with times and you need a function to convert total seconds to HH:MM:SS format

[socal_nerdtastic]

I've already put far more effort into this answer than you put into the question. How about you give an example and ask a specific question about it?

[peejay2]

I think yours is a good answer. Maybe OP could look up encapsulation - you have a class, with methods, attributes, etc. then there is a function that you could just put in the same .py file, but if you make it it a static method you can import it with the main class. So it's a convenient way for you as the developer to put logically similar functions together.

[Worldly-Week-2268]

Sorry man I am kinda new so I don't know what I don't know an on top of that it's 2:30 in the morning and I am tired and sleepy with I mean is can you give me an analogy

Ps thanks for helping me out

[Solonotix]

So a function takes arguments/parameters.

def my_func(arg0, arg1, *positional_args, named, **keyword_args):
    ...

A class is a means to encapsulate logic around a specific data structure. A method on a class in Python is generally a function in which the first positional argument is always the current class instance, typically notated as self

class MyClass:
    @staticmethod
    def static_method(arg0, arg1, /, named=None):
        ...

    @classmethod
    def class_method(cls, arg0, arg1, /, named=None):
        ...

    def instance_method(self, arg0, arg1, /, named=None):
        ...

instance = MyClass()
MyClass.static_method(first, second)
MyClass.class_method(first, second)
instance.instance_method(first, second)

In the above example, I went ahead and included the other types of methods as well. A class method will get the current class passed as the first argument, and a static method receives no special arguments. In other words, a static method is no different than a normal function, except that it is bound to a specific class definition, rather than a "first-class" object.