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haakon Guttormsen
2,157 PointsHow to call a method within a class
I want to call the phone-method that should return a persons phonenumber. I'm not sure how to make this work. The last line should print Julie's phonenumber. Instead I get an error "phonebook has no attribute number". Any ideas on how to make this work? thanks.
class Phonebook:
def __init__(self,name,lastname,number):
self.name=name
self.lastname=lastname
self.number=number
def number(self):
return self.number
Julie = Phonebook('Julie', 'Jonson','45065409')
Phonebook.number(Julie)
2 Answers
Cooper Runstein
11,836 PointsHere's where you're going wrong:
Phonebook.number(Julie)
Phonebook is a class, it's just a blueprint, there is no object Phonebook, the only actual thing you've created to interact with is Julie. You can call number on Julie, but not phonebook
Julie.number()
haakon Guttormsen
2,157 PointsIf I use the following code to print Julie's number I get an error saying that "str object is not callable".
Julie.number()
So I still don't see how to print the number using the method i've created.
Cooper Runstein
11,836 PointsAhh, because you've named two things 'number', both a property and a method, that won't work. You need to change one, and only call the method.