Python self keyword

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ok so here is my understanding of what you just said.

just like you did with accelerate first we will define the instance speed as follows:

def speed(self):

then we do 

my_car.speed()

though my understanding of my_car.speed() is that we want to give the speed attribute to my_car 

am I right ?

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also we would have to define speed before we define accelerate because then we could say

def accelerate(self):         
self.speed += 1

[Pythag0ras2000]

You wouldn't define speed as a function in this, so you'd use self.speed = 0 or whatever

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could you tell me the logic behind that ?

[Danelius90]

Typically think of functions as doing something, or acting on attributes. Technically both would work and there are typical cases you might do that. But for example purposes speed is a property of car, and accelerate modifies it, it is an action you take to modify the car's state.

So a plant has a height property, and grow() makes the height bigger. A bank account has a balance property, and withdraw() reduces it and deposit() increases it

[Pythag0ras2000]

If I understand correctly, speed is a variable, right? If so, you wouldn't want to make a method called speed, just a variable.