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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first class

Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points
Posted by Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points

Student class

This code runs in the workspace but just doesn’t work here, what am I missing??

first_class.py 
class Student: 
    name = "Frances" 

me = Student()
    print(Student.name)

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

You've created an instance named "me" but the "print" is attempting to access the class "Student" directly. The name attribute of your instance would be "me.name".

Also, the "print" statement should not be indented.

Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points
Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points

Ah - I wish the errors were more expressive or we had some sort of output that demonstrated why I was getting the right result but via the wrong class method. woof.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

Actually, if you had only the first issue, the error message given would have been much more helpful:
Bummer: Be sure to use me.name to print the attribute!