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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Posted by Talent Majuru
Talent Majuru
1,732 Points

How do I return a message with the name attribute?

Where am I going wrong, I'm stuck.

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "John"

    def praise (self):
        print ("You're doing great," + self)

Student.praise(name)

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You're close, but:

  • instead of just "self", to access the name you'll need "self.name"
  • the challenge wants you to return the result string
  • you won't need to "print" anything
  • you only need to define the method, you don't need to call it
Talent Majuru
Talent Majuru
1,732 Points
Talent Majuru
Talent Majuru
1,732 Points

Thanks a lot!