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Python

Kyle Knapp
Kyle Knapp
21,526 Points
Posted by Kyle Knapp
Kyle Knapp
21,526 Points

setters code challenge - able to set price in workspace, but not in code challenge

This code works when I copy it into workspaces and set different prices. It correctly updates self.price and self._price, but the code challenge isn't passing. Any hints? Code challenge says "@price isn't set correctly".

product.py 
class Product:
    _price = 0.0
    tax_rate = 0.12

    def __init__(self, base_price):
        self._price = base_price

    @property
    def price(self):
        return self._price + (self._price * self.tax_rate)

    @price.setter
    def price(self, base_price):
        self._price = base_price + (base_price * self.tax_rate)

2 Answers

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points 
class Product:
    _price = 0.0
    tax_rate = 0.12

    def __init__(self, base_price):
        self._price = base_price

    @property
    def price(self):
        return self._price + (self._price * self.tax_rate)

    @price.setter
    def price(self, price):
        self._price = price
Kyle Knapp
Kyle Knapp
21,526 Points
Kyle Knapp
Kyle Knapp
21,526 Points

Thank you Andrey,

I still don't understand how setters work. I will need to read more about them. Any insight is welcome.