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

Kenneth Bagwell Jr
Kenneth Bagwell Jr
3,698 Points
Posted by Kenneth Bagwell Jr
Kenneth Bagwell Jr
3,698 Points

How should this conditional statement be written?

Stuck on this if statement

panda.py 
class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'
    is_hungry = True

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.food = 'bamboo'

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return f'{self.name} eats {self.food}.'

    def check_if_hungry(self):
        if self.is_hungry():

        self.is_hungry = eat()

1 Answer

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

You're pretty close, but I see a few issues:

  • is_hungry is an attribute, not a method, so you don't need parentheses after it
  • the line(s) controlled by the conditional must be indented one level further
  • when calling the internal method eat(), precede it with "self."
  • you only need to call the eat method, you don't need to assign the result to anything