["python","class"]
Calling a class function inside of __init__

I'm writing some code that takes a filename, opens the file, and parses out some data. I'd like to do this in a class. The following code works: class MyClass(): def __init__(self, filename): self.filename = filename self.stat1 = None self.stat2 = None self.stat3 = None self.stat4 = None self.stat5 = None def parse_file(): #do some parsing self.stat1 = result_from_parse1 self.stat2 = result_from_parse2 self.stat3 = result_from_parse3 self.stat4 = result_from_parse4 self.stat5 = result_from_parse5 parse_file() But it involves me putting all of the parsing machinery in the scope of the __init__ function for my class. That looks fine now for this simplified code, but the function parse_file has quite a few levels of indention as well. I'd prefer to define the function parse_file() as a class function like below: class MyClass(): def __init__(self, filename): self.filename = filename self.stat1 = None self.stat2 = None self.stat3 = None self.stat4 = None self.stat5 = None parse_file() def parse_file(): #do some parsing self.stat1 = result_from_parse1 self.stat2 = result_from_parse2 self.stat3 = result_from_parse3 self.stat4 = result_from_parse4 self.stat5 = result_from_parse5 Of course this code doesn't work because the function parse_file() is not within the scope of the __init__ function. Is there a way to call a class function from within __init__ of that class? Or am I thinking about this the wrong way?
Call the function in this way: self.parse_file() You also need to define your parse_file() function like this: def parse_file(self): The parse_file method has to be bound to an object upon calling it (because it's not a static method). This is done by calling the function on an instance of the object, in your case the instance is self.