Setting up a class

[Colin J. Williams]

On 06/09/2012 8:20 AM, MRAB wrote:
> On 06/09/2012 13:00, shaun wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> So I'm trying to to OO a script which is currently in place on work.
>> It connects to the database and makes multiple strings and sends them
>> to a server.
>>
>> But I'm having major problems since I am new to python I keep trying
>> to do it as I would do it in Java but classes seem to be very
>> different. I was wondering could someone answer a few questions?
>>
>> 1) Is there anything I should know about passing in variables from
>> another script to the class?
>>
>> 2) When I'm passing variables back to the script they seem to come
>> back blank as if I haven't done it correctly (I declare the empty
>> variable at the top of the class, I use the information I get from the
>> database to fill it and I send it back) Is there anything I'm not
>> doing right with this.
>>
>> 3)When I want to use a method from a class in another class method it
>> never seems to work for me, I have a feeling this is to do with "self"
>> but im not too sure??
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Shaun
>>
> You should have a look as a Python tutorial to help you get used to the
> language. It shouldn't take you long, provided that you remember that
> Python isn't Java and don't try to write Java in Python. :-)
>
> Here's one you could look at:
>
> Python for Java programmers
> http://python4java.necaiseweb.org/Main/TableOfContents
>
The link given seems dated and incomplete - see "operator overloading".

Sorry I can't assist the OP.

Colin W.