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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance Score Method

Dhruv Ghulati
Dhruv Ghulati
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Posted by Dhruv Ghulati
Dhruv Ghulati
1,582 Points

How to make player 1 and player 2 variables within the Game class?

I tried doing this exercise and my roadblock I guess is how do I a) make player a variable in my methods and b) how can I specify player - is it the index of the tuple self.score?

game.py 
class Game:
  def __init__(self):
    self.current_score = [0, 0]

  def score(self):
      self.current_score[0]=self.current_score[0]+1
      self.current_score[1]=self.current_score[1]+1

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

score is going to get a number, either 1 or 2. Use that number to update the correct member of the self.current_score attribute. You don't need to update both members.

And you make player a variable in a method just like you do in a regular function. The only difference is that self needs to come first.

Dhruv Ghulati
Dhruv Ghulati
1,582 Points
Dhruv Ghulati
Dhruv Ghulati
1,582 Points

DONE! Thanks. The thing I didn't realise is that player is linked to score e.g. the index of score is player -1.