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

Posted by Trenton Spears
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Trenton Spears
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 16,969 Points

Lol this one's got me good man, I'm stuck.

Create a method called eat. It should only take self as an argument. Inside of the method, set the is_hungry attribute to False, since the Panda will no longer be hungry when it eats. Also, return a string that says 'Bao Bao eats bamboo.' where 'Bao Bao' is the name attribute and 'bamboo' is the food attribute.

panda.py 
class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'
    name = 'Bao Bao'

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age
        self.is_hungry = True

    def __eat__(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return Bao Bao eats bamboo

1 Answer

Mel Rumsey
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Mel Rumsey
Treehouse Moderator

Hey Trenton Spears!

Looking at your return statement they are wanting you to return a string that looks like this:

Bao Bao eats bamboo. But what if we also have another panda named Po who eats Dumplings?

So we want a string that returns f'{self.name} eats {self.food}.'

Hope this helps! :)

Trenton Spears
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Trenton Spears
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 16,969 Points

Thanks Mel much appreciation!!

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'
    name = 'Bao Bao'

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.name = name
        self.age = age

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return f'{self.name} eats {self.food}.'