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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects __init__

AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points
Posted by AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points

__init__, setattr, and classes.

I'm not entirely sure what the challenge is asking me to do here. Should I be creating a method? If you could let me know what the output should look like, I'd really appreciate it.

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Your Name"

    def praise(self):
        return "You inspire me, {}".format(self.name)

    def reassurance(self):
        return "Chin up, {}. You'll get it next time!".format(self.name)

    def feedback(self, grade):
        if grade > 50:
            return self.praise()
        return self.reassurance()

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The instructions contain the hint: "you'll need to override the __init__ method". That's the name of the method you will create to override the default operation of the class.

But you won't need to deal with kwargs until task 2. For task 1, you need to accept and set the name.

AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points
AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points

Thanks Steven!