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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Methods

Posted by rhupp
rhupp
11,019 Points

AttributeError: 'Thief' object has no attribute 'pickpocket'

I'll move past this, but curious whether anyone could tell me why I'm running into errors running this code:

import random

class Thief:
    sneaky = True

    def pickpocket(self):
        return bool(random.randint(0, 1))

I ran the same commands as Kenneth within the console --

>>> from characters import Thief
>>> kenneth = Thief()
>>> kenneth.pickpocket()

-- but when I hit ENTER, I got an AttributeError instead of a boolean result (Kenneth got 'False' in this instance).

Can anyone explain where I went wrong?

3 Answers

rhupp
rhupp
11,019 Points
rhupp
rhupp
11,019 Points

I figured it out. Looks like Workspaces doesn't like that extra line within the class. When I changed the code to --

import random

class Thief:
    sneaky = True     # There used to be a space between this line and the next one
    def pickpocket(self):
        return bool(random.randint(0, 1))

-- I got the proper output in the console:

>>> from characters import Thief
>>> kenneth = Thief()
>>> kenneth.pickpocket()
False
>>>

So all's well. :) Hope this helps anyone running into the same error!

Deividas Paulauskas
Deividas Paulauskas
3,661 Points
Deividas Paulauskas
Deividas Paulauskas
3,661 Points

I had the same problem. Exiting from python and entering again in console solves the problem. For some reason after changing the file content import doesn't update the code from the file.

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

Not sure. I copy/pasted your code including the commands and received False just like the video.

rhupp
rhupp
11,019 Points

Hmm. Maybe it's just my version of the console that doesn't like the extra space within this class. Either way, thank you for the quick response!