Initialization and Construction Description
__new__(cls, other) To get called in an object's instantiation.
__init__(self, other) To get called by the __new__ method.
__del__(self) Destructor method.
Unary operators and functions Description
__pos__(self) To get called for unary positive e.g. +someobject.
__neg__(self) To get called for unary negative e.g. -someobject.
__abs__(self) To get called by built-in abs() function.
__invert__(self) To get called for inversion using the ~ operator.
__round__(self,n) To get called by built-in round() function.
__floor__(self) To get called by built-in math.floor() function.
__ceil__(self) To get called by built-in math.ceil() function.
__trunc__(self) To get called by built-in math.trunc() function.
Augmented Assignment Description
__iadd__(self, other) To get called on addition with assignment e.g. a +=b.
__isub__(self, other) To get called on subtraction with assignment e.g. a -=b.
__imul__(self, other) To get called on multiplication with assignment e.g. a *=b.
__ifloordiv__(self, other) To get called on integer division with assignment e.g. a //=b.
__idiv__(self, other) To get called on division with assignment e.g. a /=b.
__itruediv__(self, other) To get called on true division with assignment
__imod__(self, other) To get called on modulo with assignment e.g. a%=b.
__ipow__(self, other) To get called on exponentswith assignment e.g. a **=b.
__ilshift__(self, other) To get called on left bitwise shift with assignment e.g. a<<=b.
__irshift__(self, other) To get called on right bitwise shift with assignment e.g. a >>=b.
__iand__(self, other) To get called on bitwise AND with assignment e.g. a&=b.
__ior__(self, other) To get called on bitwise OR with assignment e.g. a|=b.
__ixor__(self, other) To get called on bitwise XOR with assignment e.g. a ^=b.
Type Conversion Magic Methods Description
__int__(self) To get called by built-int int() method to convert a type to an int.
__float__(self) To get called by built-int float() method to convert a type to float.
__complex__(self) To get called by built-int complex() method to convert a type to complex.
__oct__(self) To get called by built-int oct() method to convert a type to octal.
__hex__(self) To get called by built-int hex() method to convert a type to hexadecimal.
__index__(self) To get called on type conversion to an int when the object is used in a slice expression.
__trunc__(self) To get called from math.trunc() method.
String Magic Methods Description
__str__(self) To get called by built-int str() method to return a string representation of a type.
__repr__(self) To get called by built-int repr() method to return a machine readable representation of a type.
__unicode__(self) To get called by built-int unicode() method to return an unicode string of a type.
__format__(self, formatstr) To get called by built-int string.format() method to return a new style of string.
__hash__(self) To get called by built-int hash() method to return an integer.
__nonzero__(self) To get called by built-int bool() method to return True or False.
__dir__(self) To get called by built-int dir() method to return a list of attributes of a class.
__sizeof__(self) To get called by built-int sys.getsizeof() method to return the size of an object.
Attribute Magic Methods Description
__getattr__(self, name) Is called when the accessing attribute of a class that does not exist.
__setattr__(self, name, value) Is called when assigning a value to the attribute of a class.
__delattr__(self, name) Is called when deleting an attribute of a class.
Operator Magic Methods Description
__add__(self, other) To get called on add operation using + operator
__sub__(self, other) To get called on subtraction operation using - operator.
__mul__(self, other) To get called on multiplication operation using * operator.
__floordiv__(self, other) To get called on floor division operation using // operator.
__truediv__(self, other) To get called on division operation using / operator.
__mod__(self, other) To get called on modulo operation using % operator.
__pow__(self, other[, modulo]) To get called on calculating the power using ** operator.
__lt__(self, other) To get called on comparison using < operator.
__le__(self, other) To get called on comparison using <= operator.
__eq__(self, other) To get called on comparison using == operator.
__ne__(self, other) To get called on comparison using != operator.
__ge__(self, other) To get called on comparison using >= operator.