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Python Object-Oriented Python Inheritance Inheritance Quiz

Joshua Hovden
Joshua Hovden
3,299 Points

I don't understand why Orange().squeeze() wouldn't return True

Don't Orange objects have the has_pulp attirbute equal to True and doesn't the squeeze method return has_pulp?

2 Answers

boi
boi
14,242 Points

The has_pulp is being returned through the squeeze function but is an attribute outside of the squeeze function.

class Orange:
    has_pulp = True

    def squeeze(self):
        return has_pulp

>>> Orange().squeeze()
#Traceback
#NameError: name 'has_pulp' is not defined 
 class Orange:
    def squeeze(self):
        has_pulp = True
        return has_pulp

>>> Orange().squeeze()
True

Ran into the same issue on this problem and took me a while to figure out

From testing it there is a missing self on the has_pulp in the squeeze method.

To get the code running correctly make the following change to the original code:

class Orange(Fruit):
    has_pulp = True

    def squeeze(self):
        return self.has_pulp

Then run the python repl and see if that works.