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Paul Mc Gonigle
2,606 PointsHow does one make an instance from a class?
Really stuck with this task as i do not fully understand instances yet? Can anybody help me? The question is "Great work!
Now, make an instance of your class named me.
Then print() out the name attribute of your instance"
class Student:
name = 'paul'
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe syntax for making an instance looks the same as assigning the result of calling a function to a variable:
me = Student()
Paul Mc Gonigle
2,606 PointsPaul Mc Gonigle
2,606 PointsOkay Steven, thank you.
Ricardo Büttner
2,426 PointsRicardo Büttner
2,426 PointsHey Steven, I got up to that point. But then how do you print out the name attribute of your instance?
Steven Parker
230,688 PointsSteven Parker
230,688 PointsUsing the membership operator (a period) you can access an attribute of a class ("
me.name
"). Then just pass that as the argument in a "print" function call.