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Doruk Özdemir
10,736 PointsTrue code is not working
This code is actually true and does what instructions say, I tried it in my own shell. Yet, what's the problem here that I cannot see ?
It gives an error that "Be sure to set 'laps' to 0" , but it is set to 0.
class RaceCar:
def __init__(self,color,fuel_remaining,**kwargs):
self.color = color
self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
for attr,value in kwargs.items():
setattr(self,attr,value)
global laps
laps = 0
def run_lap(self,length):
global laps
self.length = length
self.fuel_remaining -= self.length*0.125
laps += 1
1 Answer
tomasvukasovic
24,022 Pointslaps should be inside the init, if not it is 'outside' the class it doesnt belong to it, its outside as a global variable that can be used by the class but it doesnt belong to it. Its better to avoid the usage of global.
def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwards):
self.laps = 0
self.color = color
self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
for attr, value in kwargs.items():
setattr(self, attr, value)
and later inside your run_lap method use the previously defined laps as such
def run_lap(self, length):
# I dont understand why yo define length to be a property inside the class
# self.lengt=length
self.fuel_remaining -= length*0.125
self.laps += 1