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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects __init__

Posted by Malcolm Aldrin Masumba
Malcolm Aldrin Masumba
3,689 Points

Community wasap.... So am having trouble will the using the setattr

Where am I getting it wrong

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

    def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
        self.name = name
p = Student()

setatrr(p, 'name', None)

    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()

1 Answer

Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points
Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points

You want to loop over the kwargs and use the setattr function within your __init__ function to set attributes that were passed in as keywords.

class Student:
    def __init__(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
        self.name = name

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