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Python

Posted by Jassim Alhatem
Jassim Alhatem
20,883 Points

Aren't they the exact same thing?

So here the first one:

class Student:
    name = "Jassim"
    def praise(self):
        return "Well Done {}".format(self.name)

The second one:

class Student:
    name = "Jassim"
    def praise(self):
        print("Well Done {}".format(self))
    praise(name)

(The first one is from a challenge.)

So can someone explain the difference if there's one?

Thank you in advance!

isaacrichardson
isaacrichardson
14,313 Points

What is the question?

1 Answer

rainmaker
rainmaker
14,690 Points
rainmaker
rainmaker
14,690 Points 
class Student:
    name = "Jassim"
    def praise(self):
        #print("Well Done {}".format(self))                
    praise(name)

self refers to the class Student object, in order for you to access the name attribute you must use self.name.