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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Brandon Hoffman
Brandon Hoffman
3,642 Points
Posted by Brandon Hoffman
Brandon Hoffman
3,642 Points

Simple Object-Oriented Python

Not sure why this isn't working. It says that name is not defined. Maybe I am just not understanding the self-argument correctly?

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Brandon"

    def praise(self):
        return(name + " Good luck")

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Brandon,

You're on the right track, but because the return statement is inside the method, you will need to use self.name to access the variable from the class.

Keep Coding! :dizzy: :)