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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first class

Edin Gunic
Edin Gunic
1,664 Points
Posted by Edin Gunic
Edin Gunic
1,664 Points

Dont know how to make instance of class named "me"

Dont understand how exactly to make an instance from the way the instructor taught in the video.

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "edin"

name.Student = me
print(name)

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

To get an instance of the class Student, it is called as a function Student(). So,

me = Student()

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

From the python docs, given the following class

class MyClass:
    """A simple example class"""
    i = 12345

    def f(self):
        return 'hello world'

Class instantiation uses function notation. Just pretend that the class object is a parameterless function that returns a new instance of the class. For example (assuming the above class):

x = MyClass()

creates a new instance of the class and assigns this object to the local variable x.