What are some examples of method overloading in Python?

Can you explain method overloading in Python with examples?

Sure! Method overloading allows a class to have multiple methods with the same name but different parameters. However, Python does not support method overloading in the traditional sense like some other languages. Instead, we can achieve similar functionality using default arguments or variable-length arguments.

Can you give me an example using default arguments?

Absolutely! Here's an example:

class Math:
    def add(self, a, b=0):
        return a + b

math = Math()
print(math.add(5))    # Outputs: 5
print(math.add(5, 10)) # Outputs: 15

In this case, the add method can take one or two arguments.

What about using variable-length arguments?

Great question! You can use *args to accept a variable number of arguments. Here's an example:

class Math:
    def add(self, *args):
        return sum(args)

math = Math()
print(math.add(1, 2))          # Outputs: 3
print(math.add(1, 2, 3, 4, 5))  # Outputs: 15

This allows the add method to handle any number of arguments.