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Python

Liang Junwen
Liang Junwen
582 Points

Why my code is wrong?

class Product(object):
    _price = 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, value):
        self._price = value / (1 + self.tax_rate)

The quiz is: We need to be able to set the price of a product through a property setter. Add a new setter (@price.setter) method to the Product class that updates the _price attribute.

But when I submit my answer, I just receive: Bummer: Didn't correctly set the @price property.

Why?

product.py
class Product(object):
    _price = 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, value):
        self._price = value / (1 + self.tax_rate)

2 Answers

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,720 Points

It looks like you know what you are doing, but the challenge is simple...

On this specific challenge, you are ONLY supposed to write a price setter. Nothing more.

    @price.setter
    def price(self, value):
        self._price = value

Good luck with Python, it's a great skill and fun to program!

Liang Junwen
Liang Junwen
582 Points

Hi, Jeff. Thanks for your quickly reply. Your code is right, I really did not consider the challenge was such easy. But this challenge does not make sense for me. For example:

apple = Product(30)
apple.price = 100
print(apple.price)

The output is 112, that means the value of attribute apple.price has been changed from what I assigned to which is 100 to 112. So what is the function of this class definition?

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,720 Points

I am not sure what is happening with that... did you save the Python file before your run? It is easy to screw up the setter because Python doesn't check that you named the setter as an exact match.

Here is a more "full featured example" of code. Feel free to use the style below for your own class. The thing I love about Python is this could be written in ones own personal style that might be more efficient or clear or better PEP-8 compliance.

class Product(object):
    # we use TWO underscores to denote these are PRIVATE class values
    __name = "object"
    __price = 0
    __tax_rate = 0
    __discount = 0

    def __init__(self, name, price=0, discount=0, tax_rate=0):
        self.__name = name
        self.__price = price
        self.__discount = discount
        self.__tax_rate = tax_rate

    @property
    def price(self):
        return self.__price

    @price.setter
    def price(self, value):
        self.__price = value

    @property
    def discount(self):
        return self.__discount

    @discount.setter
    def discount(self, value):
        self.__discount = value    

    @property
    def tax_rate(self):
        return self.__tax_rate

    @tax_rate.setter
    def tax_rate(self, value):
        self.__tax_rate = value

    def calculated_discount_price(self, taxable=False):
        # callable method
        item_price = self.__price - (self.__price * self.__discount)
        if taxable:
            tax = self.__tax_rate
        else:
            tax = 0
        return item_price + (item_price * tax)

    def calculated_retail_price(self, taxable=False):
        # callable method
        # full retail price is discounted price with a zero discount
        item_price = self.__price
        if taxable:
            tax = self.__tax_rate
        else:
            tax = 0
        return item_price + (item_price * tax)    

    @property
    def retail_price(self):
        return self.calculated_retail_price()
    @property
    def retail_price_tax(self):
        return self.calculated_retail_price(taxable=True)
    @property
    def discount_price(self):
        return self.calculated_discount_price()
    @property
    def discount_price_tax(self):
        return self.calculated_discount_price(taxable=True)    



    def __str__(self):
        return """
        name: "{}"
        price: ${}
        discount: {} %
        discount price: ${}
        tax rate: {} %
        --------------------
        price with tax: ${}
        price with tax and discount ${}
        """.format(
               self.__name,
               self.__price,
               self.__discount * 100,
               self.discount_price,
               self.__tax_rate * 100,
               self.retail_price_tax,
               self.discount_price_tax
           )



if __name__ == '__main__':

    basic_grocery_tax_rate = 0.07
    luxury_item_tax_rate = 0.12

    apple = Product("Granny Smith Apple")
    apple.price = 1.25
    apple.tax_rate = 0.08
    apple.discount = 0.25

    print(apple)

    coke = Product("Coca Cola (six-pack)",
                   price=3.00,
                   discount=0.10, 
                   tax_rate=luxury_item_tax_rate)
    print(coke)

    simple = Product("Simple Simon Snack Pie",
                   price=1.00,
                   discount=0.10, 
                   tax_rate=luxury_item_tax_rate)
    print(simple)

Here is the output

        name: "Granny Smith Apple"
        price: $1.25
        discount: 25.0 %
        discount price: $0.9375
        tax rate: 8.0 %
        --------------------
        price with tax: $1.35
        price with tax and discount $1.0125


        name: "Coca Cola (six-pack)"
        price: $3.0
        discount: 10.0 %
        discount price: $2.7
        tax rate: 12.0 %
        --------------------
        price with tax: $3.36
        price with tax and discount $3.024


        name: "Simple Simon Snack Pie"
        price: $1.0
        discount: 10.0 %
        discount price: $0.9
        tax rate: 12.0 %
        --------------------
        price with tax: $1.12
        price with tax and discount $1.008
Liang Junwen
Liang Junwen
582 Points

Hi, Jeff! Thank you so much for your detailed code, really helpful~~

OHH MY LORD YOUR AMAZING