PCPP1 Advanced Object Oriented Programming Practice Question
Which magic method enables index access (e.g., obj[i])?
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__getitem__
The __getitem__ method allows an object to support indexing.
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__getitem__
Why this is correct
This is for retrieval.
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__index__
Why it's wrong here
Used for converting to an integer.
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__setitem__
Why it's wrong here
This is for assignment.
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__access__
Why it's wrong here
Does not exist.
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