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Is it possible to have static class variables or methods in Python? What syntax is required to do this?
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When we declare a variable inside a class but outside any method, it is called as class or static variable in python. Class or static variable can be referred through a class but not directly through an instance.
Class variables are also known as static variables, and they are declared outside a method, with the help of the keyword 'static'. Static variable is the one that is common to all the instances of the class. A single copy of the variable is shared among all objects.
A static variable in Python is a variable that is declared inside a defined class but not in a method. This variable can be called through the class inside which it is defined but not directly. A Static variable is also called a class variable.
Variables declared inside the class definition, but not inside a method are class or static variables:
>>> class MyClass: ... i = 3 ... >>> MyClass.i 3 As @millerdev points out, this creates a class-level i variable, but this is distinct from any instance-level i variable, so you could have
>>> m = MyClass() >>> m.i = 4 >>> MyClass.i, m.i >>> (3, 4) This is different from C++ and Java, but not so different from C#, where a static member can't be accessed using a reference to an instance.
See what the Python tutorial has to say on the subject of classes and class objects.
@Steve Johnson has already answered regarding static methods, also documented under "Built-in Functions" in the Python Library Reference.
class C: @staticmethod def f(arg1, arg2, ...): ... @beidy recommends classmethods over staticmethod, as the method then receives the class type as the first argument.
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