What is self in Python?

<p>Self is an instance or an object of a class. In Python, this is explicitly included as the first parameter. However, this is not the case in Java where it&rsquo;s optional.&nbsp; It helps to differentiate between the methods and attributes of a class with local variables.</p> <p>The self variable in the init method refers to the newly created object while in other methods, it refers to the object whose method was called.</p>