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

Posted by Francesco Gambardella
Francesco Gambardella
2,094 Points

TypeError: __init__() missing 2 required positional arguments: 'name' and 'age'

The task is creating a method that return "Bao Bao eats Bamboo" and I got an error on the initsection which was a previous task that i thought to pass successfully. Thanks in advance for the help

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

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.name = name
        self.age = age
    def eat (self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return(f"{name} eats {food}")
panda_one = Panda()
print(panda_one.eat("Bao Bao"))

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

You are close. The errors are in the return line.

  • return is not a function. :point_right: remove parens
  • f-string needs to reference the instance attributes. :point_right: add “self.”
  • f-string needs missing period “.”

Plus,

  • last two lines throw off checker. :point_right: remove “panda_one” assignment and print statement

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!