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Katy Ullrich
1,648 Points_init_ and self
I have tried this a million ways, but don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
class Student:
name="Katy"
def _init_(self):
self.name="Sally"
return name
1 Answer
Drew Butcher
33,160 PointsI think the problem is that you are using the return in your init, you don't need to.
Also, you need to use two underline marks before and after the init.
Also, i don't think you need to define name outside of the init and inside the init: I would try something like the following:
class Student():
def __init__(self, name="Kathy"):
self.name=name
Now in the terminal you can cd into the folder containing this file( say the files name is 'student.py') and then type 'python' to get the interactive python shell running and import your class by typing 'from filename import Student' (here filename is whatever you called the file without the .py at the end so if you called the file 'student.py' then you would use 'from student import Student') once you run this command you will have access to your student class. So you can create a new student by typing 'student_one = Student(name='Sally')' to check student_one's name you would type 'student_one.name' and the terminal should return 'Sally'. However, if you type 'student_two = Student()' then you should get a student whose name is 'Kathy'.
I hope this helps.