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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Posted by Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez
11,349 Points

I dont understand what error

t

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Michael"

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

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

The error you receive is: Bummer: Didn't find the name in the praise message. Be sure to use the instance attribute!

This means use self.name in your message

You can try your code in a workspace to see if you get the expected results

class Student:
    name = "Michael"

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

s = Student()
print(s.praise())

will print

You're doing a great job <__main__.Student object at 0x7fa6442189e8>