exercise_coordinate.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Mon Dec 25 17:10:02 2017

@author: RAJARSHI GHOSHAL
"""

class Coordinate(object):
    def __init__(self,x,y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

    def getX(self):
        # Getter method for a Coordinate object's x coordinate.
        # Getter methods are better practice than just accessing an attribute directly
        return self.x

    def getY(self):
        # Getter method for a Coordinate object's y coordinate
        return self.y

    def __str__(self):
        return '<' + str(self.getX()) + ',' + str(self.getY()) + '>'
    
    def __eq__(self, other):
        # returns True if coordinates refer to same point in the plane (i.e., have the same x and y coordinate)
        return (self.getX() == other.getX() and self.getY() == other.getY())
        
    def __repr__(self):
        # returns a string that looks like a valid Python expression that could be used to recreate an object with the same value
        return "Coordinate({},{})".format(self.getX(),self.getY())