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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Master Class

Hi, can't work out whats wrong with my code for Object-Oriented Python. Thanks!

Not sure whats wrong, thanks!

racecar.py
class RaceCar:

    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, laps, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
        self.laps = 0

        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

    def run_lap(self, length, laps):
        self.fuel_remaining -= (self.length * 0.125)
        self.laps += 1

1 Answer

Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points

You're decreasing self.fuel_remaining by self.length, but the Racecar object does not have a length attribute. you want to decrease by the length argument of the run_lap method. You also do not need to add laps as an argument, because self.laps is mean to increase by 1 for each time the method is run. The same for the init, self.laps is set to 0 so you don't need to pass it as an argument.

class RaceCar:

    def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, **kwargs):
        self.color = color
        self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
        self.laps = 0

        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

    def run_lap(self, length):
        self.fuel_remaining -= (length * 0.125)
        self.laps += 1