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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Your first method

Maba Bah
Maba Bah
2,744 Points
Posted by Maba Bah
Maba Bah
2,744 Points

I'm really struggling with classes, any help with this? Please explain your response

Skipped over the "My first class" challenge hoping I'll pick things up along the way but

first_class.py 
class Student:
    name = "Aang"

    def praise(self):
        print ("You're awesome! {}!".format(name))

1 Answer

Daniel Jong
Daniel Jong
11,071 Points
Daniel Jong
Daniel Jong
11,071 Points

You have to use the "self" keyword to access the attributes and methods of the class in python, i.e. in this case you have to use self.name to access to your name variable.

Hope this help!