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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Master Class

Kyle Petran
Kyle Petran
5,017 Points
Posted by Kyle Petran
Kyle Petran
5,017 Points

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I'm guessing it has something to do with initializing the laps attribute?

I am somewhat confused about adding the attribute laps, I tried it in and out of init, nothing has seemed to work.

racecar.py 
class RaceCar:

    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **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.fuel_remaining -= length * .125
        self.laps += 1

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

This looks OK to me, so I copied and pasted it directly into the challenge and it passed all 3 tasks.

Try again?

Kyle Petran
Kyle Petran
5,017 Points
Kyle Petran
Kyle Petran
5,017 Points

I think it's just bugged. I copied in another users solution and it worked for whatever reason. All that was changed was this line

'''self.fuel_remaining -= length * .125'''

became ''' self.fuel_remaining = self.fuel_remaining - length * .125'''

I don't know why that would make it work, but just to be clear you think my original solution would have worked?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

I don't just think it would, I actually pasted it into the challenge and it did work.

You might want to report the bug to the Support folks.