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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Creating a Panda Class

Marlon Jay Chua
Marlon Jay Chua
4,281 Points

Basic Object-Oriented Python challenge 1

I do not understand what is wrong here? I cannot proceed to the next. Please help. Thanks

panda.py
# insert code here
class Panda:
    species = Ailuropoda melanoleuca
    food = 'bamboo'

2 Answers

Andy Hughes
Andy Hughes
8,479 Points

Marlon Jay Chua

Hey Marlon, simple error, check your speech marks/quotes for the species. I think that's throwing your error. Otherwise, your code works for me. :)

You have backticks ' ' rather than quotations on the species, thus creating the error