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Posted by nishitbodawala
nishitbodawala
5,924 Points

can any one explain how to solve this?

Vrroom! OK, now let's add a method named run_lap. It'll take a length argument. It should reduce the fuel_remaining attribute by length multiplied by 0.125. Oh, and add a laps attribute to the class, set to 0, and increment it each time the run_lap method is called.

racecar.py 
class RaceCar:
    laps=0
    def __init__(self,color,fuel_remaining,**kwargs):
        self.color=color
        self.fuel_remaining=fuel_remaining

        for key,value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self,key,value)

    def run_lap(self,length):
        use_fuel = length * 0.125
        self.fuel_remaing-= use_fuel
        laps += 1
Jon Hockley
Jon Hockley
3,781 Points
Jon Hockley
Jon Hockley
3,781 Points

Rather than tell you the correct answer:

  1. You have a typo in the run_lap method.
  2. The way you are incrementing the 'laps' isn't quite right. Have a look around the videos again, or search Google on how to change a class attribute in Python.

Good luck!

4 Answers

asad modin
asad modin
165 Points
asad modin
asad modin
165 Points

class RaceCar(): laps = 0 def init(self,color,fuel_remaining,**kwargs): self.color = color self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining for key,value in kwargs.items(): setattr(self,key,value)

def run_lap(self,length):
        self.fuel_remaining -= length * 0.125
        self.laps += 1
Asma Al-Marrikhi
Asma Al-Marrikhi
45,524 Points
Asma Al-Marrikhi
Asma Al-Marrikhi
45,524 Points 
 def run_lap(self, lenght):
          self.fuel_remaining -= lenght * 0.125
          self.laps += 1

You forget to add self before laps attribute in the run_lap method

Kyle Salisbury
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Kyle Salisbury
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Kyle Salisbury
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Kyle Salisbury
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 16,363 Points

wont matter too much since length is spelled the same through out your code but spelling length correctly might affect some other peoples code.

jack jack
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class RaceCar: def init(self, color, fuel_remaining,laps = 0 ,**kwargs): self.color = color self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining self.laps = laps for key , value in kwargs.items(): setattr(self, key, value) def run_lap(self,length): self.fuel_remaining -= length * 0.125 self.laps += 1

Chad Goldsworthy
Chad Goldsworthy
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Chad Goldsworthy
Chad Goldsworthy
4,209 Points

Just for anyone still struggling with this, I think I managed to find the issue. I tried all the code other people posted and said worked, but it did not work for me (and it seems there were many people having the same issue).

I ran it through my IDE and realised the length*0.125 in the run_lap method was causing a TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'str' and 'float'

So, when assigning fuel_remaining in the init method, you should convert it to a float as well, like: self.fuel_remaining = float(fuel_remaining)

I say "you should" lightly though, I'm no expert but it's just what fixed the issue for me.

This is the code that eventually worked for me:

class RaceCar:

    laps = 0

    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):

        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = float(fuel_remaining) # <-- this is what fixed it for me, 
                                                    #     adding the float() method
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

    def run_lap(self, length):
        self.fuel_remaining -= (length * 0.125)
        self.laps += 1