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Ricardo Franco
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Ricardo Franco
Data Analysis Techdegree Student 16,258 Points
Posted by Ricardo Franco
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Ricardo Franco
Data Analysis Techdegree Student 16,258 Points

Stuck on coding challenge

So I added the "run_lap" method and the respective "length" argument. I am pretty sure my error is on line 12...If I can have someone tell me what I am doing wrong...I would greatly appreciate it

racecar.py 
class RaceCar:
    laps = 0

    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining

        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

    def run_lap(self, length):
        return self.fuel_remaining -= (length * 0.125) and self.laps += 1

1 Answer

Jimmy Sweeney
Jimmy Sweeney
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Jimmy Sweeney
Jimmy Sweeney
5,649 Points

You are close. The run_lap method does not have to return anything. It just needs to update the laps attribute and the fuel remaining attribute. This should be done on two different lines - you don't want to use the keyword "and" (that's used for booleans).

Hope that helps!