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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

bright chibuike
bright chibuike
3,245 Points
Posted by bright chibuike
bright chibuike
3,245 Points

method

what could the answer pls class Student: name = 'mike'

def praise(self):
    if self.name:
        return ("Your doing a great job,{}".format(name))

mike = Student() mike.name ='mike' mike.praise()

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = 'mike'

    def praise(self):
        if self.name:
            return ("Your doing a great job,{}".format(name))

mike = Student()
mike.name ='mike'
mike.praise()
Tlotlo Molokwe
Tlotlo Molokwe
16,618 Points

You were close change your praise function to:

def praise(self):
    return "You're doing a great job, {}!".format(self.name)

there is no need for this following code so you can remove it:

mike = Student()
mike.name ='mike'
mike.praise()

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

When referring to instance variables, you need the prefix "self." in front of the name (like "self.name").

Then, as Tlotlo mentioned, you have some things not needed by the challenge:

  • the method doesn't need the conditional ("if")
  • only the method needs to be defined, you don't need any code outside of the class