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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Adding to our Panda

taliarosen
taliarosen
2,492 Points
Posted by taliarosen
taliarosen
2,492 Points

Assertion Error

I'm getting an error that what is returned is not correct for the objective but I don't see any issues.

The objective is: Create a method called eat. It should only take self as an argument. Inside of the method, set the is_hungry attribute to False, since the Panda will no longer be hungry when it eats. Also, return a string that says 'Bao Bao eats bamboo.' where 'Bao Bao' is the name attribute and 'bamboo' is the food attribute.

panda.py 
class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.name = name
        self.age = age

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return(f'{self.name} eats {self.food}.')

panda_one = Panda('Bao Bao', '12')
panda_one.eat()

2 Answers

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi,

This was puzzling me for a long time. I have looked at your code and can see that you have put parenthesis in your return function which is not required. The below code worked for me:

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.name = name
        self.age = age

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return f'{self.name} eats {self.food}.'

panda2 = Panda('Bao Bao', 12)
panda2.eat()

Hope this helps. Happy coding!

Tom

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Did you see my answer from yesterday?
Those 2 lines at the bottom might not break the challenge, but they still shouldn't be there!

I point this out because in some other challenges, doing "extra" stuff can indeed cause a failure.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

It's not necessary to put parentheses around the formatted string, and they don't cause a problem in themselves, but the challenge is expecting a space after the return keyword as you would need if you didn't have the parentheses.

Also, the challenge only asks you to add code to the class. You don't need to add any code to create an object instance or call any of the methods.

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Steven,

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Yes you are correct the two bottom lines aren't required to pass the challenge. I just used them as part of my code to pass through it. At least a solution has been found to assist with this and thank you for your help and assistance with it.