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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first class

Posted by Paul Mc Gonigle
Paul Mc Gonigle
2,606 Points

Dont know how to print out the name attribute of my instance

Hey can anybody help me im stuck on methods again. Dont know how to print my attribute of my instance

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = 'Paul'
me = Student()

print(me)

2 Answers

Ollie White
Ollie White
6,537 Points
Ollie White
Ollie White
6,537 Points

Hi Paul, Sorry about that, after playing around a bit longer I found that this works.

class Student:
    name = "Ollie"

me = Student()
print(me.name)

It looks like once you have created the "me" instance you can then access the attributes of the class through that instance.

I hope this helps, Ollie.

Paul Mc Gonigle
Paul Mc Gonigle
2,606 Points

Thank you so much ollie i really struggled with this one.

Ollie White
Ollie White
6,537 Points
Ollie White
Ollie White
6,537 Points

No problem. Have fun coding!!

Ollie White
Ollie White
6,537 Points
Ollie White
Ollie White
6,537 Points

Hi Paul,

I just completed this challenge and the following code worked for me.

class Student:
  name = "Ollie"
print(Student.name)

I hope this helps, Ollie.

Paul Mc Gonigle
Paul Mc Gonigle
2,606 Points

Hi ollie. This did not work for me because it wants an instance called "me" in it. My error code is ""Bummer: Couldn't find me""