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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Master Class

Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points
Posted by Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points

class RaceCar

I keep getting error: can't find class 'RaceCar', which I can't understand why, I believe everything to be correct

racecar.py 
class RaceCar:
    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining

    for key, value in kwargs.item():
        setattr(self, key, value)

2 Answers

Darryl Mah
Darryl Mah
5,492 Points
Darryl Mah
Darryl Mah
5,492 Points

One of the really finicky things with python is indentation. It trips me up all the time. Your code is solid, with the exception of the indentation, (these little mistakes right? Lol) Since you want the “for loop” to be inside your init move that over so it becomes encompassed and you’re good too go!

Hope this helps!

Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points
Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points 
class RaceCar:
    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, laps, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
        self.laps = 0

        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

    def run_lap(self, length):
        self.length = fuel_remaining - length * 0.125
        self.laps += 1

i checked everything, made sure everything was where it needed to be but i keep getting a bummer message

Darryl Mah
Darryl Mah
5,492 Points
Darryl Mah
Darryl Mah
5,492 Points

Tried posting earlier with more detail but apparently I’m getting a 500 error. Lol don’t want to type out the explanation again. So here is just the answer.

class RaceCar:
    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, laps = 0 **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
        self.laps = laps

        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

    def run_lap(self, length):
        self.fuel_remaining = self.fuel_remaining - (length * 0.125)
        self.laps += 1

[MOD: added ```python formating -cf]

Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points
Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points

thanks again ill analyze your code before i move on

Dan B
Dan B
6,155 Points
Dan B
Dan B
6,155 Points

Darryl this is not a correct answer, even if it somehow manages to pass the challenge.

  1. Laps should not be an argument being passed into init we are using **kwargs to pass laps in because we aren't setting a variable for laps directly under class.

  2. Also self.color and self.fuel_remaining need to be directly part of the RaceCar class.

So like this:

class RaceCar:
    color = 'blue'
    fuel_remaining = 10

    # We set the laps to 0 here because if we set it anywhere else all instances
    # would start with how many laps happened last time
    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
        self.laps = 0

        for key, value in kwargs.items(): # Using kwargs here because we aren't
            setattr(self, key, value) # defining laps in the class but we still need laps

    def run_lap(self, length):
        self.fuel_remaining -= length * 0.125
        self.laps += 1