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Python

Debugging

from_str() below seems to work in workspaces, but it is not accepted. Por que no?!

morse.py
class Letter:
    def __init__(self, pattern=None):
        self.pattern = pattern

    def __iter__(self):
        yield from self.pattern

    def __str__(self):
        output = []
        for blip in self:
            if blip == '.':
                output.append('dot')
            else:
                output.append('dash')
        return '-'.join(output)

    @classmethod
    def from_string(cls, item):
        output = []
        for s in item.split("-"):
            if s == "dash":
                output.append("_")
            else: 
                output.append(".")
        return output

class S(Letter):
    def __init__(self):
         pattern = ['.', '.', '.']
         super().__init__(pattern)

3 Answers

The instructions include:

creates an instance with the correct pattern

This is shown in the previous video @ 2:20

For the code above you would return cls(output)

Thanks. So I get that I forgot the cls(output) part. But it still doesn't work for me in workspaces (even though the Challenge accepted that solution). When I run the accepted solution, i get: "type error: init() takes 1 positional args but 2 was given".

I am likely trying to execute the code wrong. I'm doing the below, which (I think) when it calls from_string(), it creates an instance of Letter, and Letter requires 1 arg (a pattern object, right?), but how am I giving it 2?

cls = S.from_string("dash-dot")
print(cls) 

How should it be called?