In Python how to get a reference to the class in a static method?

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Aryan Kumar · Answer

In Python, you can get a reference to the class in a static method by using the cls parameter. The cls parameter is the conventional name used in Python to represent the class in a method, just as self is the conventional name used to represent the instance of the class.

Here is an example:

class MyClass:
   @staticmethod
   def my_static_method(cls, arg1, arg2):
       print("Class:", cls)
       print("Arguments:", arg1, arg2)
MyClass.my_static_method("hello", "world")

In this example, we define a class MyClass with a static method my_static_method. Inside the method, we print the class and the arguments that are passed to the method.

To get a reference to the class in the static method, we use the cls parameter. When we call the static method using the class name (MyClass.my_static_method), Python automatically passes a reference to the class as the first argument, which is then assigned to the cls parameter.

Krishnapriya Rajeev · Answer

In Python, you can get a reference to the class in a static method by using the cls keyword. The cls keyword is used to refer to the class itself, rather than an instance of the class.

Here is an example:

class MyClass:
   @staticmethod
   def my_static_method(cls):
       print(cls)

MyClass.my_static_method(MyClass)

# Output = <class '__main__.MyClass'>

In the above example, the my_static_method is a static method and takes a cls argument that refers to the class itself. You can then call this method on the class.

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