What is the difference between staticmethod and classmethod

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I am confused between @staticmethod and @classicmethod. What is the difference between them?

I am new to Python can someone help me?
Dec 18, 2018 in Python by Anjali
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staticmethod is a method that knows nothing about the class or instance it was called on. It just gets the arguments that were passed, no implicit first argument. It is basically useless in Python -- you can just use a module function instead of a staticmethod.

classmethod, on the other hand, is a method that gets passed the class it was called on, or the class of the instance it was called on, as first argument. This is useful when you want the method to be a factory for the class: since it gets the actual class it was called on as first argument, you can always instantiate the right class, even when subclasses are involved.

answered Dec 18, 2018 by abc

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