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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Master Class

Kimmo Ojala
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Kimmo Ojala
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Kimmo Ojala
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 8,257 Points

Calling a dictionary

In workspace I get an error message that the dictionary object is not callable. Don't really know why?

racecar.py 
class RaceCar:
    color = None
    fuel_remaining = None

    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
        self.color = None
        self.fuel_remaining = None
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

2 Answers

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
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Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
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class RaceCar:
    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

You just had a few mistakes in there, you don't need to define (and shouldn't define) the color outside of init if you are already doing it in there, it's purpose is to initialise those variables.

Next you don't set the value in init, you just take the arguments you are passing in and use them, hope this makes sense!