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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Objects __init__

Posted by Ankush Jain
Ankush Jain
2,800 Points

check kwarg

why is this not working ?

student.py 
class Student : 

    def __init__ (self,name="Ankush",**kwarg)
      self.name = kwarg.get('name',name="Ankush")
Sherry Parker
Sherry Parker
9,601 Points
Sherry Parker
Sherry Parker
9,601 Points

You need to add a : at the end of the def init line

1 Answer

Anthony Liu
Anthony Liu
11,374 Points
Anthony Liu
Anthony Liu
11,374 Points 
class Student : 

    def __init__ (self,**kwarg):
      self.name = kwarg.get('name',"Ankush")

The code you wrote was missing the colon You didn't need to set "name = "Ankush"