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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first class

Posted by Emmanuel Muzondiwa
Emmanuel Muzondiwa
2,401 Points

please help me with this challenge below. Now, make an instance of your class named me. Then print() out

i have created an atribute name='Emmanuel'

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

1 Answer

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

Your mistake was creating the instance within the definition of your class:

class Student:
    name = "Tom"

me = Student()
print(me.name)

This defines the class Student and then sets the name attribute. Outside of it we create an instance and print out the attribute by using a ., hope this makes sense

Emmanuel Muzondiwa
Emmanuel Muzondiwa
2,401 Points

thank you so much