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Python Object-Oriented Python Advanced Objects Controlling Conversion

Posted by ryanosten
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ryanosten
PHP Development Techdegree Student 29,615 Points

getting error __init__() takes 1 positional argument but two were given

here's my numstring code

class NumString:
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = str(value)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.value

    def __init__(self):
        return int(self.value)

    def __float__(self):
        return float(self.value)

Then in shell I run:

five = NumString(5)

And I get

Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                            
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>                                                                         
TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

Can't figure out why

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Why do you have a second __init__() defined? It doesn't have any parameters defined (besides self) - don't you want to remove that method?

1 Answer

ryanosten
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ryanosten
PHP Development Techdegree Student 29,615 Points
ryanosten
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ryanosten
PHP Development Techdegree Student 29,615 Points

Bc Im an idiot. It's supposed to be int()