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20,790 PointsError: Can't get the length of a hand
I am able to get the length of a hand when I use this code myself. What am I missing?
import random
class Die:
def __init__(self, sides=2):
if sides < 2:
raise ValueError("Can't have fewer than two sides")
self.sides = sides
self.value = random.randint(1, sides)
def __int__(self):
return self.value
def __add__(self, other):
return int(self) + other
def __radd__(self, other):
return self + other
class D20(Die):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__(sides=20)
import dice
class Hand(list):
@property
def total(self):
return sum(self)
def roll(self, num):
for i in range(num):
self.append(dice.D20())
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsYou are on the right path. Three items need correcting:
- To be called as
Hand.roll(2)
, the methodroll
needs to be decorated as a@classmethod
- As a classmethod, there is no instance yet, so create one using
inst = self()
since self points to the class when decorated as a classmethod - The instance created needs to be returned! So include a
return inst
in the method
Not syntactically wrong, but a style norm is to use cls
instead of self
in the classmethod code.
Post back if you have more questions. Good luck!