python call method from outside the class

Question

how can I in python call method from outside which is situated inside the class?

class C(): 
 def write():
 print 'Hello worl'

I thought that >>> x = C and >>> x.write() must work but it doesn't.

• John Gordon: You forgot the parentheses after C. Type x = C() instead of x = C.

Answer 1

Dont you need to have self in your definition?

class C(object): 
 def write(self):
 print 'Hello world'

Now it should be fine, i.e.

x = C()
x.write()

Answer 2

When you where defining x, you forgot to put the parantheses after the class, this made so x literally was equals to the class C and not the object C.

class C:
 def write():
 print "Hello worl"
x = C() # Notice the parantheses after the class name.
x.write() # This will output Hello worl.