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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Posted by max pajunen
max pajunen
1,546 Points

Couldn't find `Student`

I tried calling the instance (name = Student()) outside of the class but I still received an error.

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Max"    
    name = Student()
    def praise(self):
        return("You're doing a great job, {}".format(self))

2 Answers

Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points
Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points 
class Student:
    name = "Your Name"

    def praise(self):
        return f"You're doing a great job {self.name}"

You don't call the class Student() inside of the class. So remove the name = Student() Also don't forget you need to insert the 'name' in your format - self.student

max pajunen
max pajunen
1,546 Points
max pajunen
max pajunen
1,546 Points

Thank you very much!