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Python is one of the programming languages that support object-oriented programming. And in Object oriented programming inheritance is an important aspect as it is one of the four pillars of OOPs. With the help of inheritance, we can inherit the feature of one class in another class and use them without writing them again. There are various types of inheritance in python we will discuss all of them while moving further in this article with their examples.<\/p>\n
Like in any object-oriented programming language inheritance in python can be understood as a mechanism by which we can derive a new class from an existing class we can inherit all the methods, and attributes of the class. The class from which we are deriving is known as the parent class and the class in which we are deriving the attributes and methods is known as the subclass or child class.<\/p>\n
The main purpose of inheritance is to allow the user to code reuse and creator a more specialized class from a general class. There is no boundation on the child class as it can add new functions or attributes and even it can override the existing ones. By overriding the existing attributes the access to the parent class\u2019s methods and attributes still remains.<\/p>\n
To create a subclass in python, the child class is defined with the name of the parent class in parentheses this allows the child class to inherit all of the attributes and methods of the parent class. From there the child class can modify or add new attributes and methods as needed. We can simply say that inheritance is a great way to reuse the code.<\/p>\n
There are mainly 5 types of inheritance in python.<\/p>\n
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The 5 types of inheritance in python are named below:<\/p>\n
We will discuss each type of inheritance in python in detail with their examples and syntax below.<\/p>\n
Single inheritance can be referred to as the most basic inheritance of all types of inheritance in python. As the name suggests in this we derive a single base class from the single parent class or the existing class. The child class will take or inherit all the attributes of the parent class. It can also add its own methods and attributes or override the methods of the parent class.<\/p>\n
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Syntax of Single Inheritance in Python<\/strong> In the above syntax we derive the child class from the parent class.<\/p>\n Example of Single Inheritance in Python<\/strong>
\nThe syntax of single inheritance in python is given below:<\/p>\nclass ParentClass:\n # Parent class definition\n\nclass ChildClass(ParentClass):\n # Child class definition<\/code><\/pre>\n
\nBelow is an example of single inheritance with code and explanation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t