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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Posted by A Fletcher
A Fletcher
7,158 Points

I cannot see what is wrong with my code

It appears I have used the correct syntax - any ideas?

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Your Name"


    def praise(self):
        print("Great work, {}!".format(self))
        return
Josh Stephens
Josh Stephens
13,529 Points

What are the errors that you are seeing. Running this on my machine seems to work just fine

A Fletcher
A Fletcher
7,158 Points

Thanks for your response. Turns out there is nothing wrong with the code but I had been asked to return a string and not print. Thank you

1 Answer

Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points
Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points

Hi A Fletcher,

Two things to note:

  • The task wants a string returned, not printed
  • The string needs to include the name attribute

You did a good job creating the method with the self argument. To access the name attribute you'll use self.name

All together it will look like this:

class Student:
    name = "Your Name"

    def praise(self):
        return "Great work, {}!".format(self.name)

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

A Fletcher
A Fletcher
7,158 Points

Spot on - thank you!