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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Siman Shrestha
Siman Shrestha
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Posted by Siman Shrestha
Siman Shrestha
2,538 Points

I don't understand how to use self here

I've looked up the concept of self in python but all the explanations are too hard to understand. can someone break it down for me? I'm also having trouble understanding the differences between methods, functions, and instances. In the lesson before this challenge, Kenneth showed us:

class Student: name = "your name" me = Student() print(me.name)

I'm having trouble following this. why did he do me.name? why didn't he just do print(Student().name)?

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

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

1 Answer

sepehr akbarzadeh
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sepehr akbarzadeh
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 1,762 Points
sepehr akbarzadeh
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sepehr akbarzadeh
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 1,762 Points

when you want to access the name of current object, you should use self.name

class Student:
    name = "Sepehr akbarzadeh"

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