Private attributes cannot be accessed directly from outside the class but can be accessed from inside the class.

The aim is to keep it hidden from the users and other classes. Unlike in many different languages, it is not a widespread practice in Python to keep the data members private since we do not want to create hindrances for the users. We can make members private using the double underscore __ prefix

Trying to access private attributes in the main code will generate an error. An example of this is shown below:

Private properties

Let’s see an example of code for implementing private properties: