San Jose State University Department of Applied Data Science
**DATA 200 Computational Programming for Data Analytics**
Spring 2024 Instructor: Ron Mak
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"## 10.2.2 `Account` Class Definition\n",
"#### Recall our import:\n",
"``` Python\n",
"from account import Account\n",
"```\n",
"#### Therefore, we define our custom class `Account` in Python source file `account.py`:\n",
"``` Python\n",
"from decimal import Decimal\n",
"\n",
"class Account:\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" Account class for maintaining a bank account balance.\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" def __init__(self, name, balance):\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" Constructor of an Account object.\n",
" @param name the account holder's name.\n",
" @param balance the initial account balance.\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" # If the balance is less than 0.00, raise an exception\n",
" if balance < Decimal('0.00'):\n",
" raise ValueError('Initial balance must be >= to 0.00.')\n",
"\n",
" self.name = name\n",
" self.balance = balance\n",
"\n",
" def deposit(self, amount):\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" Deposit money to the account.\n",
" @param amount the amount to deposit.\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" # if amount is less than 0.00, raise an exception\n",
" if amount < Decimal('0.00'):\n",
" raise ValueError('amount must be positive.')\n",
"\n",
" self.balance += amount\n",
" \n",
" def display(self):\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" Display the balance.\n",
" \"\"\"\n",
" print(f'Account for {self.name} has ${self.balance:.2f}')\n",
"```"
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"#### Note that `account.py` itself imports class `Decimal` from the `decimal` module. This is an example of **class composition** -- class `Account` is composed of another class, `Decimal`. Computer scientists call this a ***has-a*** relationship -- `Account` has a `Decimal`."
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"#### Recall that **methods** are functions associated with objects. The methods are defined in the class definition."
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"#### Class `Account` defines a special **constructor** method `__init__()` which is automatically called during run time whenever we instantiate (construct) an object of the class:\n",
"``` Python\n",
"account1 = Account('John Green', Decimal('50.00'))\n",
"```\n",
"#### The constructor for `Account` initializes the `name` and `balance` **attributes** of the object being constructed. Note that the constructor for a class is always named `__init__` with *double underscores* at the beginning and at the end."
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"from account import Account\n",
"from decimal import Decimal\n",
"\n",
"account1 = Account('John Green', Decimal('50.00'))\n",
"account1.display()"
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"#### Class `Account` defines two methods for its objects, `deposit()` and `withdraw()`. They look like regular function definitions, but they're defined inside the class definition."
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"#### Whenever we call a method on an object, such as\n",
"``` Python\n",
"account1.deposit(Decimal('25.53'))`\n",
"```\n",
"#### Pythom *implicitly* passes the object as the first argument to the method. That's why every method definition, including the constructor, has `self` as its first parameter. In each method's code, `self` refers to the object that the method was called on. For example, when we call the `deposit()` method in an `Account` object, `self.balance += amount` adds the value of `amount` to the value of that object's `balance` attribute."
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"account1.deposit(Decimal('25.53'))\n",
"account1.display()"
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"# Additional material (C) Copyright 2024 by Ronald Mak"
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