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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
5,928 Points
Posted by Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
5,928 Points

Not sure why it's telling me I'm not using the name attribute

It gives me this error when I run my code: Didn't find the name in the praise message. Be sure to use the instance attribute!

Not sure why it's doing that

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Kade"

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

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Kade,

The error is giving you a very strong clue... you are not using the instance attribute to access the name variable, which is outside of the method. Because the return is inside the method, it can't find the name value as it's outside. So, to get to the name you access it with the instance passed into the method (here you called it self). So instead of .format(name) ... you need .format(self.name).

Hope that helps. :)

Keep Coding! :dizzy: