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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Creating a Panda Class

Adam Cassano
Adam Cassano
13,869 Points
Posted by Adam Cassano
Adam Cassano
13,869 Points

not understanding what I'm doing wrong

can someone explain what the issue is with this code?

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


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

1 Answer

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
8,863 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
8,863 Points

Your method should look like this:

def __init__(self):
        self.is_hungry = True
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
8,863 Points

The directions said that it just has the self argument so that should be the only thing in parenthesis and then you are creating an instance field by assigning it's name to self using the '.' and then setting it equal to True.

I hope this helps :)