What are global, protected and private attributes in Python?

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Hi, What are global, protected and private attributes in Python

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Hi Jhon,

Python does not have “public”, “protected” and/or “private” attributes.

(Just) by convention one uses attribute names without a leading _ for “public” attributes and attribute names with a _ for “private” attributes. Do not use attribute names with two leading _ as they might be reserved.

If you want, you can add the public-protected-private-functionality to Python by using the “property” keyword.

For a better understanding, you could have a look at:

Pyadaaah - YouTube

there, the property and getter / setter mechanism is explained in detail.

Have Fun, Dominik

PS: by the way, the “global” keyword exists:

exampleVar = 2
def exampleFct():
      globals exampleVar
      print( exampleVar )

prints 2 when calling the function exampleVar.