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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Shreyas Papinwar
Shreyas Papinwar
2,371 Points
Posted by Shreyas Papinwar
Shreyas Papinwar
2,371 Points

The method should return a positive message about the student which includes the name attribute.

whats wrong about this code

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Shreyas"

    def praise(self):
        return "You'r doing a great job, "/(name)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

Here's a few hints:

  • you don't need parentheses around a variable name (unless you're creating a tuple)
  • the concatenation operator (for combining strings) is "+"
  • when referring to a class variable, you need to prefix the name with "self."