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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Method Interactivity

Ashley Keeling
Ashley Keeling
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Posted by Ashley Keeling
Ashley Keeling
11,476 Points

I don't know why this method isn't working

I have tried adding self and the methods but I wont work and it says try again

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Ashley"

    def praise(self):
        return "You inspire me, {}".format(self.name)

    def reassurance(self):
        return "Chin up, {}. You'll get it next time!".format(self.name)

    def feedback(grade,self):
        if grade>50:
            return praise()
        elif grade=<50:
            return reassurance()

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Ashley! First, you're going to need to adjust the order in which you send in the arguments. You should send in self and then grade. Secondly, and most importantly, you have a syntax error. You meant to type <=, but you typed => in your elif. Third, you should be returning the results of the methods when called on the self object.

I think you can get it with these hints, but let me know if you're still stuck! :sparkles:

Ashley Keeling
Ashley Keeling
11,476 Points
Ashley Keeling
Ashley Keeling
11,476 Points

I have some the first and second step but I am not sure about the third so far I have put(do I need self in the praise and recurrence ):

def feedback(self,grade):

    if grade>50:

        return praise()

    elif grade<=50:

        return reassurance()
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi again! Yes, you will need self.praise() for example. You need to tell it to call that method on the current instance of the object and we do that by using the self keyword.

Ashley Keeling
Ashley Keeling
11,476 Points
Ashley Keeling
Ashley Keeling
11,476 Points

thanks for the help I didn't know I had to e.g. self. Praise()