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Stephen Bone
12,359 PointsIs there an issue with the checking mechanism on this challenge?
When adding the Docstring an error is received stating the message below:
Bummer! 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower'
As there is no lower method called anywhere in the provided code I'm assuming this is an error with the marking system?
All of the code is below just in case I'm doing something insanely stupid.
class Treehouse:
'''Gives a pleasant message about the student.'''
def student(self, name):
return '{} is a great Treehouse student!'.format(name)
Stephen Bone
12,359 PointsSorry I was working on the code getting the code in but was having some weird things with that too (as mentioned above), again unless I'm just being stupid!
Stephen Bone
12,359 PointsI have just realised that I may be putting the Docstring in the wrong place but I can't test this as it just keeps throwing up There was a communication problem at the minute and asking to restart the challenge. I'll test it again in a little while.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsSee this thread for posting code in the forums: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum
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Stephen Bone
12,359 PointsAh yes stupidity again, maybe I should just call it a night.
Thanks for sorting it out.
3 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Stephen,
Yes, you are putting it in the wrong place.
You're putting it in the class but it wants you to add it to the Treehouse.student method.
Stephen Bone
12,359 PointsHi Jason
Yeah thanks for taking the time to answer anyway.
I've marked both mine & yours up only because I mentioned the returned error wasn't very helpful and (a) hoped someone who could change that might see it and (b) perhaps a reminder for us all Always read the question carefully Haha! :)
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsKenneth Love Is there any way to get a more helpful error message for this type of mistake?
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherJason Anello I sure can (and just did)! Thanks for pointing this out. (Check your badges for something special)
Stephen Bone
12,359 PointsWow! I wasn't expecting such a quick resolution to this.
I haven't played with it yet but thanks for the update.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsThanks Kenneth!
The new error message looks really helpful.
Stephen Bone
12,359 PointsInsanely stupid I am!
As I mentioned in the comments I realised I was putting the Docstring in the wrong place.
A more helpful error message would have been good to point me in the right direction however as I ended up getting hung up on the error rather than going back and reading through the question again.
Miguel de Luis Espinosa
41,279 PointsI was able to complete the challenge with no issues, but as Stone Preston said, without your code, there's no way we can help.
Stone Preston
42,016 PointsStone Preston
42,016 Pointscan you post your code