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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first class

Posted by Kennedy Malonga
Kennedy Malonga
18,790 Points

Now, create a variable named me and assign it an instance of Student(). Then print() out the name attribute of your ins

help a newbie own i tried in different ways...

first_class.py 
class Student: name = "Kennedy"

    int me = Student()
            print(name)

1 Answer

jb30
jb30
44,807 Points
jb30
jb30
44,807 Points

Python cares about whitespace, so be careful about indenting your lines of code. You can use dot notation to get an attribute from a class instance.

class Student: 
  name = "Kennedy"

me = Student()
print(me.name)