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Rectangle

Language/Type: Python classes

Write a class named Rectangle where each object represents a rectangular two-dimensional region. Your class should have the following public members:

member name type description
Rectangle(x, y, w, h) constructor Initializes a new rectangle whose top-left corner is specified by the given (x, y) coordinates and with the given width and height, w by h. Raises a ValueError on a negative width or height.
rect.x,
rect.y,
rect.width,
rect.height 		property the rectangle location and dimensions (read-only)
str(r) method returns a string representation of the rectangle, such as "Rectangle[x=1,y=2,width=3,height=4]".

You should define the entire class including the class heading, the private data attributes, and the declarations and definitions of all the methods and constructor.

Class: Write a complete Python class.

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