AI engineering glossary · Python advanced
What is object?
Object: A value in memory that has an identity, a type and some data, and usually behaviour attached to it. In Python every value, including numbers, functions and classes, is one. Variables are just names pointing at these values.
Object: an example
In x = [1, 2, 3], the list is an object of type list; x is only a name bound to it.
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Where you learn it
Object is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.