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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects __init__

Posted by Kevin Selagea
Kevin Selagea
2,161 Points

Can You help me please?

It says "Exception: object() takes no parameters

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "grade"

    def praise(self):
        return "You inspire me, {}".format(self.name)

    def reassurance(self):
        return "Chin up, {}. You'll get it next time!".format(self.name)

    def feedback(self,grade):
        if grade>50:
            return self.praise()
        else:
            return self.reassurance()

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points

The challenge instructions say that it wants to "set the name attribute at the same time that I create an instance." It also reminds you that "you'll need to override the init method."

Since you haven't added any code for this yet, the class still takes no parameters. So when the challenge tries to create an instance by passing in a name, that error occurs.