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

Posted by Sam Cerwinske
Sam Cerwinske
Courses Plus Student 2,876 Points

Challenge: Adding to our Panda

I get this error when running my code:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 64, in test_results AssertionError: 'Bao Bao eats bamboo' != 'Bao Bao eats bamboo.'

  • Bao Bao eats bamboo
  • Bao Bao eats bamboo. ? + : When I call the eat method, I don't get the correct message. Make sure to use the name attribute that is passed in to the instance.

I'm not sure what I'm missing here

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 = Panda('Bao Bao', '5')

2 Answers

Mel Rumsey
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Mel Rumsey
Treehouse Moderator

Hi Sam Cerwinske this challenge is super particular. 'Bao Bao eats bamboo' != 'Bao Bao eats bamboo.' The only difference is the missing period. You were super close, in your return statement add a period to the end of the sentence and you can remove the panda instance and it should work for you. I got hung up on this one too. That punctuation can get us sometimes! ;) Hang in there!

Sam Cerwinske
Sam Cerwinske
Courses Plus Student 2,876 Points

oh thank you so much! thats a silly error haha

Xavier van de Par
Xavier van de Par
2,231 Points
Xavier van de Par
Xavier van de Par
2,231 Points

I am a bit confused with the statements self.name and especially the self.food

initially I had:

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

Could someone please explain why we have to add self. before food?

Thank you