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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Creating a Panda Class

Posted by shawn007
shawn007
15,408 Points

I don't think this is covered in the previous video.

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'
    def __init__(self,is_hungry=True):
        self.is_hungry = is_hungry

Getting an error stating that I'm suppose to have only one attribute called self.
So how do you set is_hungry=True? Above code is all i got from the previous video.

panda.py 
# insert your code here
class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'

2 Answers

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

The instructions say that your method "should only take the self argument", but this code gives it two arguments instead.

Also, the Markdown code to indicate formatted lines is 3 accents (```), not apostrophes (''').

shawn007
shawn007
15,408 Points

Steven,

Thanks for the 3 accents.
I figured it out. I forgot the importance of the 'pass' keyword within the init method. This allowed me to only take the self argument without getting unwanted errors. The previous video didn't mention this. So luckily I still had notes from past videos on 'pass'.

Shawn

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

I'm not sure why you'd need "pass" here. If I just take your original code and remove the 2nd argument, and then change the assignment to use "True", it passes the challenge.

shawn007
shawn007
15,408 Points
shawn007
shawn007
15,408 Points

Steven,

You are correct. I must of misspelled something. I revisited the test and it work without pass.

Shawn 

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'
    def __init__(self):
        self.is_hungry = True