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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Adding to our Panda

Posted by Carl Dahllof
Carl Dahllof
1,779 Points

How do i use the "food" and "name" attribute inside my "eat" method?

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'

    def __init__(self, age, name = "Bao Bao"):
        self.name = name
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.age = age

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return name + " eats " + food
panda.py 
class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'

    def __init__(self, name, age, name = "Bao Bao"):
        self.name = name
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.age = age

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Remember that inside method code, the attributes are accessed by putting a prefix of "self." before the attribute name as you did in the __init__ method code. Otherwise, you use them like ordinary variables.