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

Posted by Jaime Aguilar
Jaime Aguilar
7,651 Points

A little help getting this python method working

Create a method called eat. It should only take self as an argument. Inside of the method, set the is_hungry attribute to False, since the Panda will no longer be hungry when it eats. Also, return a string that says 'Bao Bao eats bamboo.' where 'Bao Bao' is the name attribute and 'bamboo' is the food attribute.

I can't figure out what I'm doing here, would be great if someone is able to explain what I'm doing wrong or what am I missing.

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'{self.name} eats {self.food}.')

1 Answer

boi
boi
14,241 Points
boi
boi
14,241 Points

To verify your solution, Regex is being used in the background. You'll learn about Regex sooner or later, basically, it's Regular expressions.

So the Assertion error you're getting is due to a missing space after the return statement.

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'{self.name} eats {self.food}.')👈#Added space after return.
Jaime Aguilar
Jaime Aguilar
7,651 Points

Thank you so much!! that was it.