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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

joshua korir
joshua korir
1,445 Points
Posted by joshua korir
joshua korir
1,445 Points

what am i doing wrong?

classes and methods

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Any Name"
    def praise(self):
        print("You're doing a great job, {}".format(self))

name = Student.name
Student.praise(name)

2 Answers

Owen McComas
Owen McComas
8,472 Points
Owen McComas
Owen McComas
8,472 Points

You will want to return instead of print. And the praise method would need to reference self.name.

class Student:
    name = "Any Name"

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