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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance __str__

peter keves
peter keves
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Posted by peter keves
peter keves
6,854 Points

I'm not sure if i missed something in the last video but why did we use .title() in color property

I'm not sure if i missed something in the last video but why did we use .title() in color property

2 Answers

Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
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Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 Points

"The method title() returns a copy of the string in which first characters of all the words are capitalized." http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/string_title.htm

a_string = "hello"
print(a_string.title())
#Hello
David McCarty
David McCarty
5,214 Points
David McCarty
David McCarty
5,214 Points

Essentially, the .title() method is used to capitalize something.

You may be getting confused by his doing self.color.title(), but essentially what he's doing is calling the color attribute from the Monster class, and then the color attribute is getting capitalized with .title().

If he just did self.color it would return "blue"

But, if you do self.color.title() you get back "Blue"