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Adding Attributes or Methods at Runtime

5.4.1 - Adding Attributes or Methods at Runtime

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the command to add an attribute 'color' to a class 'Car'?

💡 Hint: Think about how you would assign a property to an object.

Question 2 Easy

How can we dynamically add a method to a class?

💡 Hint: Similar to how you would add an attribute.

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Question 1

Which command is used to add an attribute dynamically to an existing class?

setattr()
addattr()
classadd()

💡 Hint: Recall the built-in functions for attribute manipulation.

Question 2

True or False: You can add methods to a class after it has been defined.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how flexible Python classes are.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a class 'Vehicle'. Add attributes 'make' and 'model' dynamically, then define a method 'info' that returns a sentence with make and model.

💡 Hint: Use lambda functions for quick method creation if needed!

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss how you would dynamically inject different behavior in classes used for a game character that may change abilities.

💡 Hint: Think about gameplay events and character states influencing behavior.

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