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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Adding to our Panda

Posted by Angel Miranda
Angel Miranda
2,434 Points

its throwing an assertion error but everything looks like it should be where its at.

panda.py 
class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'
    is_hungry = True

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name = marty
        self.age = 45

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

There's a couple of issues:

  • no variable named marty has been created, but you don't need it because...
  • the init should store the values that come in as the arguments instead of using literals
Angel Miranda
Angel Miranda
2,434 Points

so I have to write functions for each value? I tried writing self.name, self.name(), self.name(name), self.name = name, and self.name = "name" within the function. I also tried writing name="name" within the parameters but it keeps throwing the same error.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

I'm not sure what you mean by "functions for each value", but the code above is very close. You just need name instead of marty. Then you need to make a similar fix for the age.

Also, don't change the part of the code that sets "is_hungry", just leave that as provided.

Angel Miranda
Angel Miranda
2,434 Points

I changed Marty to name and 45 to age but it still throws the same error.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

And did you also put the code that sets "is_hungry" back to how it was when the challenge started?