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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

haakon Guttormsen
haakon Guttormsen
2,157 Points
Posted by haakon Guttormsen
haakon Guttormsen
2,157 Points

How to make a method that returns a positive message? (codechallenge)

I want to make a method that returns a positive message and which includes a name attribute. But I am not sure what is wrong with my code. Have anyone completed this challenge? Thanks for any help!

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "håkon"
    def praise (self): 
        return ("I really like your hear today {}!"format.(name))
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Hi haakon Guttormsen! For one thing, you have:

format.

It should be:

.format

Hope this helps! :)

2 Answers

haakon Guttormsen
haakon Guttormsen
2,157 Points
haakon Guttormsen
haakon Guttormsen
2,157 Points

Thanks Nakalkucing. It works now. This is the correct code: 

class Student:
    name = "håkon"
    def praise (self):
        return ("I like your hair today {}".format(self.name))
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Yea! Happy coding håkon! :)

haakon Guttormsen
haakon Guttormsen
2,157 Points
haakon Guttormsen
haakon Guttormsen
2,157 Points

Thanks nakalkucing. I did the change but still I get a 'bummer' in the code challenge.

nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Hello again! I tried the code with .format and got this error:

Bummer: NameError: name 'name' is not defined

and I noticed that you have "self" in the function. You should have "name".

def praise (self):
              ^

I know this doesn't entirely fix the problem, you'll get a new error at this point. But this one is a little more explicit.

If you need any more help on this let me know. Best, Nakal :)