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Bayu Adisasmito
Courses Plus Student 721 Pointshow to convert warrior to string? and how come it can be Warrior, <weapon> etc.
how to convert warrior to string? and how come it can be Warrior, <weapon> etc. is it using def str(self)
from character import Character
class Warrior(Character):
def __init__(self,weapon="sword"):
self.weapon = weapon
def rage(self):
self.attack_limit = 20
def __str__(self):
return "{}".format(self.name)
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 PointsWhen an object is used in a string context or used as an argument to str(), the object's __str__() method is called to return a string. By constructing or modifying this __str__() method, you can configure how the string will look.
The code above looks like it returns the warrior name as the string. You modify the string and .format() method to create the string you need.