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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Posted by Emmanuel Muzondiwa
Emmanuel Muzondiwa
2,401 Points

please help return a method

do i need to add another parameter

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Emmanuel"

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

1 Answer

Renato Guzman
Renato Guzman
51,436 Points
Renato Guzman
Renato Guzman
51,436 Points

Hi! I think you are missing the self. In the method praise, name is not defined, in order to access to the name of the class you must access it via self.name instead of name