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Python

Posted by Ebrahim Rasromani
Ebrahim Rasromani
2,496 Points

Stuck on product.py task 1 of 1

I thought I have correctly implemented the task at hand but something is wrong. Can you please provide some guidance?

product.py 
class Product:
    _price = 0.0
    tax_rate = 0.12

    def __init__(self, base_price):
        self._price = base_price

    @property
    def price(self):
        return self._price + (self._price * self.tax_rate)

    @price.setter
    def price(self, price):
        self._price = price / (1 + self.tax_rate)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The setter is not intended to be the reverse of the getter and doesn't need to do any calculations, just update the stored value directly.