IT 117: Intermediate Scripting

IT 117: Intermediate Scripting
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What do you call the special class of methods that do things like provide a string representation of an object and convert one data type into another?
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magic methods
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What is the name of the method that will return a string representation of an object?
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__str__
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What is the name of the method that allows you to add two objects together?
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__add__
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What is the name of the method that allows you to subtract one object from another?
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__sub__
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What is the name of the boolean method that allows you to test whether one object is equal to another?
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__eq__
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What is the name of the boolean method that allows you to test whether one object is greater than another?
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__gt__
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What do you call the feature of Python that allows you to construct a new class based on another class?
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inheritance
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If you want to use a class representing one thing as the basis for a class representing another thing, what must the relationship between the two things be?
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an is a relationship
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If one class is used to create another class, what do you call the new class?
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a subclass
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If one class is used to create another class, what do you call the original class?
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a superclass
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