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Posted by Christopher Gunawan
Christopher Gunawan
10,754 Points

HELP regarding self.start_time and self.end_time

In the summary function:

def summary(self): print("You got {} out of {} correct!".format(self.total_correct(), len(self.questions))) print("It took you {} seconds to finish the quiz!".format((self.end_time - self.start_time).seconds))

start_time and end_time are function attributes. How can the summary function access these values if they are never declared on the class or instance scope?

A little confused here. Any help would be appreciated!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Actually, self.start_time and self.end_time are instance variables. They are created in "take_quiz" using the "self" context that is passed to it. This makes them available to every method in the class.

Without the "self" prefix, they would have been local to the method as you suggested.

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