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Emmanuel Ade
2,381 PointsClass Instance call - Clarification
In this exercise, from my understanding, I am requested to create a class by the name of student. After having included the specified arguments and method. I move to call the function by created first; an instance of the class and subsequently passing the class and method name.
An instance of the class has been created, including within it the name variable.
I get the below error message:
Didn't find the name in the praise message. Be sure to use the instance attribute!
Assistance kindly requested.
class Student:
name = "Emmanuel"
def praise (self):
name = Student.name
return '{}, you are a GENIUS!'.format(name)
learner = Student.praise('')
print(learner)
2 Answers
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,720 PointsNice work-- you are pretty close!
You need to refer to the name inside Student the student class as self.name The extra name assignment is not necessary, but it shows you are thinking ahead when the class will use a class constructor __init__(self,name) that you will see in a future lesson.
They are looking for somthing really simple in the challenge, so you don't need the extra code outside of the class definition.
class Student:
name = "Emmanuel"
def praise (self):
return '{}, you are a GENIUS!'.format(self.name)
Emmanuel Ade
2,381 PointsThanks