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Python Object-Oriented Python Dice Roller Boards

mourad marzouk
mourad marzouk
5,560 Points
Posted by mourad marzouk
mourad marzouk
5,560 Points

Not sure why its working with the resizing in the init and not the super

Hello,

So I followed the example Kenneth used in the video and put the call to size in the super() like this: super().init(width=3, height=3)

but it didn't work. When I looked online at others working through it. They got it to work by putting the width and height parameter in the init itself, like this: def init(self, width=3, height=3)

In the video right before this Kenneth creates a D6 class and put in it: class D6(Die): def init(self, value=0): self().init(sides=6, value=value)

So how come it worked when he pass the parameter in the super() and not the init it worked. Yet when I do the same it will not. Instead I have to pass the wight and height in the redefining of the init? If anyone can explain I would be great full, thank you. BTW I am putting all the underscores in front and after the init in the examples above, they are just not showing up.

boards.py 
class Board:
    def __init__(self, width, height):
        self.width = width
        self.height = height
        self.cells = []
        for y in range(self.height):
            for x in range(self.width):
                self.cells.append((x, y))

class TicTacToe(Board):
    def __init__(self, width, height):
        super().__init__(width=3, height=3)

1 Answer

Ernestas Petruoka
Ernestas Petruoka
1,856 Points
Ernestas Petruoka
Ernestas Petruoka
1,856 Points

You don't need set arguments in TicTacToe class init method. You just simply need add self as argument.

class TicTacToe (Board):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(width=3,height=3)