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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance __str__

Posted by MUZ140934 Noel Zipingani
MUZ140934 Noel Zipingani
2,656 Points

i need help completing this code challenge

Add a str method to GameScore that returns the score in the string "Player 1: 5; Player 2: 10", using the correct values from self.score. self.score is a tuple with Player 1's score and Player 2's score like (5, 10).You do not need to define self.score. It comes from the Game class.

game_str.py 
from game import Game
class GameScore(Game):
  pass
def __str__(self):
  return "Player 1: {}; Player 2: {}".format(self.score[0] , self.score[1])

2 Answers

cm21
cm21
150,854 Points
cm21
cm21
150,854 Points

Hi Noel,

You're very close. The issue is with indenting: Python is whitespace sensitive, which means that it makes a difference whether we indent blocks of code (and whether we do it with the expected amount of blank space.)

from game import Game
class GameScore(Game):
  pass

  def __str__(self):
    return "Player 1: {}; Player 2: {}".format(self.score[0] , self.score[1])

Hope this helps!

MUZ140934 Noel Zipingani
MUZ140934 Noel Zipingani
2,656 Points

thanks it worked perfectly well

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You might also use:

return "Player 1: {}; Player 2: {}".format(*self.score)

The asterisk will unpack the tuple and insert it accordingly, saving a bit of typing.