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Jordon Crichton
1,868 PointsI am unsure whether I should create a new method under SortedInventory or attached list.sort on to the add_item method.
Sorted inventories should be just that: sorted. Right now, we just add an item onto the slots list whenever our add_item method is called. Use the list.sort() method to make sure the slots list gets sorted after an item is added. Only do this in the SortedInventory class.
class Inventory:
def __init__(self):
self.slots = []
def add_item(self, item):
self.slots.append(item)
class SortedInventory(Inventory):
def add_item(self,item):
super().add_item(item)
self.slots.append(item)
self.slots.sort()
2 Answers
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsThis should be part of the development of the "add_item" method. If you were being instructed to add a new method, It would have said so explicitly and the name to give it would have been included.
And remember the other instruction: "Only do this in the SortedInventory class."
Jordon Crichton
1,868 PointsThank you, can you tell me why my code above does not sort the list?
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsThis code does sort the list. But it has an issue with item duplication.
The "super().add_item(item) line adds the item using the base class method, but then "self.slots.append(item) adds it again. That second line isn't needed and should be removed.