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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Posted by Jay Bailey
Jay Bailey
2,215 Points

Back and forth between NameError and not having name defined

I have watched the video several times and don't know what I am doing wrong. I have included self in the method and thought I am structuring it correctly, but cannot get it to return the function properly. I have tried swapping in name into the string after the format method but keep getting stuck. What am I doing wrong?

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "George"

    def praise(self):
        return "Go {}!".format(self)

1 Answer

boi
boi
14,242 Points
boi
boi
14,242 Points

Let us analyze the code:

class Student:
    name = "George"

    def praise(self):
        return "Go {}!".format(self)

Hmmm, why did you format self here? self is nothing by an instance of the class Student, however self can be used on an attribute of a class like name attribute. try self.name

Jay Bailey
Jay Bailey
2,215 Points

Thank you! That worked, and our explanation helped me understand what I was missing.