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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first class

Eli Noto
Eli Noto
679 Points
Posted by Eli Noto
Eli Noto
679 Points

I'm stuck... no idea what to do and i've watched the video a number of times.

no idea

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Eli"
    Student.name = me
    print(name)

1 Answer

Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points
Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points 
class Student:
    name = "Eli"
#just imagine that you are  in the python interpreter
#first you have to create an instance of the class Student like this
me = Student()
#now you have an instance of the class Student.
#you can assess to its attribute with the syntax dot(.)

print(me.name)