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

Richard Fritts
Richard Fritts
3,145 Points
Posted by Richard Fritts
Richard Fritts
3,145 Points

NameError: name 'food' is not defined

Name 'food' is defined as class attribute. Why is this not passing into eat function?

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

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

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

1 Answer

Andy Hughes
Andy Hughes
8,478 Points
Andy Hughes
Andy Hughes
8,478 Points

Richard Fritts - It's your return statement. You're class method and functions make reference to self. So your return statement calls should also reflect this.

See if that helps you figure out the correct return statement. If not, ask again and I'll try to give you another hint.