Python delattr()
Allows the user to delete attributes from an object.
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Syntax
delattr(object, name)
object: The object to have an attribute removed.name: The attribute to be removed from the object.
Example
Use delattr() to remove the position attribute from the Person class:
classPerson:name ="John Doe"position ="Professor"person1 = Person()print(person1.position)# Output: Professordelattr(Person,"position")print(person1.position)# Output: AttributeError: 'Person' object has no attribute 'position'Copy to clipboardCopy to clipboard
Codebyte Example
In the example below, the delattr() function is used to remove an attribute from the Travel class. Uncommenting the last print statement will cause an AttributeError because the third_stop attribute is removed:
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