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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Samantha Shaffer
Samantha Shaffer
1,710 Points
Posted by Samantha Shaffer
Samantha Shaffer
1,710 Points

I'm trying to call an attribute in a method as part of a string, but am getting a NameError. Help!

I think this code challenge wants me to return an attribute in a method, but for some reason I can't figure it out. Is it possible to do that?

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Sam"
    def praise(self):
        return("You're doing a great job, {}".format(name))

1 Answer

diogorferreira
diogorferreira
19,363 Points
diogorferreira
diogorferreira
19,363 Points

You just need to use self.name instead of just name to reference the instance's name

class Student:
    name = "Sam"
    def praise(self):
        return("You're doing a great job, {}".format(self.name))
pet
pet
10,908 Points
pet
pet
10,908 Points

Your not supposed to just put in all of your code diogorferreira. Still good job on your answer. :)