# Java to Python conversion
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/java-to-python-conversion/2723
**Category:** Processing.py
**Created:** [August 17, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/java-to-python-conversion/2723 "2018-08-17T13:31:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@solub](https://discourse.processing.org/u/solub)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/java-to-python-conversion/2723/1 "2018-08-17T13:31:13Z")
Hi again,
I’m currently trying to port a Java script to Python but I’m stuck on something that goes like this:
```auto
class Agent {
float x, y;
float t;
Agent() {
findStart();
}
void findStart() {
...
```
On line 5 it seems the class is calling itself from within (not sure what I’m saying makes sense). How would I translate this to Python ?
```auto
class Agent(object):
def __init__ (self):
self.x = 0.0
self.y = 0.0
self.t = 0.0
???
def findStart(self):
```
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### Author:  [@WakeMeAtThree](https://discourse.processing.org/u/WakeMeAtThree)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/java-to-python-conversion/2723/2 "2018-08-17T14:36:57Z")
It’s normal to call a class method from within. In Python, it’s like this
```python
class Agent(object):
def __init__ (self):
self.x = 0.0
self.y = 0.0
self.t = 0.0
self.findStart()
def findStart(self):
pass
```
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### Author:  [@kfrajer](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kfrajer)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/java-to-python-conversion/2723/3 "2018-08-17T14:40:01Z")
`init` is consider to be the constructor (I think you know this). For the function, I found the second link:
> [Class — Python for you and me 0.5.beta1 documentation](https://pymbook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/classes.html)
> [python - Calling a class function inside of \_\_init\_\_ - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12646326/calling-a-class-function-inside-of-init)
`self.findStart()`
Kf
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### Author:  [@solub](https://discourse.processing.org/u/solub)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/java-to-python-conversion/2723/4 "2018-08-17T16:34:40Z")
Oh my… of course ! It seems so obvious now, I don’t what I was thinking. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@solub](https://discourse.processing.org/u/solub)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/java-to-python-conversion/2723/5 "2018-08-17T16:35:20Z")
Thanks for the doc @kfrajer