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Here the self keyword does: it takes the specific instance of the class and uses its data given the following:
I am working on the file "05-classes-oop.ipynb".
The first task is:
We have defined a class, which is a single object that will represent a polynomial. We use the keyword class in the same way that we use the keyword def when defining a function. The definition line ends with a colon, and all the code defining the object is indented by four spaces.
The name of the object - the general class, or type, of the thing that we're defining - is Polynomial. The convention is that class names start with capital letters, but this convention is frequently ignored.
The type of object that we are building on appears in brackets after the name of the object. The most basic thing, which is used most often, is the object type as here.
Class variables are defined in the usual way, but are only visible inside the class. Variables that are set outside of functions, such as explanation above, will be common to all class variables.
Functions are defined inside classes in the usual way (using the def keyword, indented by four additional spaces). They work in a special way: they are not called directly, but only when you have a member of the class. This is what the self keyword does: it takes the specific instance of the class and uses its data. Class functions are often called methods.
Let's see how this works on a specific example:
Can you write Python code for it?
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#Here the self keyword does: it takes the specific instance of the class and uses its data.

p = Polynomial()
print(p.explanation)
p.explain()
p.explanation = "I change the string"
p.explain()