Want to support the behavior of built-in functions and method calls in your Python classes? Magic methods in Python let you do just that! So let’s uncover the method behind the magic.

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Learn about Python magic methods that allow you to emulate the behavior of built-in functions in your classes. Topics covered include initialization, string representation, equality checking, length calculation, addition and subtraction, multiplication, indexing, calling objects as functions, and accessing specific attributes.

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