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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Posted by francisobrien
francisobrien
2,131 Points

Python OOP - Couldn't find class.

Hi there,

Any idea what the issue is here? It works in a 3rd-party compiler...

Random secondary question: When creating an instance, why is it necessary to include brackets? Seems counter-intuitive since the class name doesn't use brackets and it's not a function...

person = Student() <---

Thanks in advance!

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "John"

    def praise(self):
        print("Great work, {}!".format(self.name))

person = Student()
person.praise()

2 Answers

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Your issue is that you are doing a print when then challenge is asking you to do a return.

On the brackets - not really sure but if you are created a derived class you use brackets and often you will be passing some arguments to the class at instantiation.

francisobrien
francisobrien
2,131 Points
francisobrien
francisobrien
2,131 Points

Thanks, Dave!