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Python

Posted by Michael Cronk
Michael Cronk
8,969 Points

I'm a little confused... Please explain! [SOLVED]

So we have this code below.

    def __init__(self, model, year, make="Toyota"):
        self.make = make
        self.model = model
        self.year = year
        self.is_moving = False

    def stop(self):
        if self.is_moving:
            print("The car stopped")
            self.is_moving = False
        else:
            print("The car has already stopped")

    def go(self, speed):
        if not self.is_moving:
            print("The car starts moving")
            self.is_moving = True
        print(f"The car is going {speed}")

The is_moving is set to False but when we use it in the go() method we check to see if it's True with an if statement 'if not self.is_moving:' then we will set it to True. Its Set to False though so that code shouldn't run. So how does the if statement run if its set to False?

Michael Cronk
Michael Cronk
8,969 Points

Thank you, Chris Freeman !

1 Answer

Michael Cronk
Michael Cronk
8,969 Points
Michael Cronk
Michael Cronk
8,969 Points

I think I figured it out. It's because we are checking not is_moving, which means if it is False then run the following code and set is_moving to True. Is that correct?