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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Objects __init__

Tara Edwards
Tara Edwards
6,521 Points
Posted by Tara Edwards
Tara Edwards
6,521 Points

Of course Task 1 is no longer passing, now do I keep that task while using keyword arguments?

I feel like I am assigning the value of name twice. If I keep it to the init arguments, Task 1 no longer passes. If I keep task 1, I get error messages. Am I missing something? Commenting out the original assignment does not work.

student.py 
class Student:
  name = "Tara" 

  def __init__(self, **kwargs):
    self.name = kwargs.get(name, "Tara")

2 Answers

Brian Fuller
Brian Fuller
6,699 Points
Brian Fuller
Brian Fuller
6,699 Points

The argument you pass to kwargs.get() should just be the key of the dictionary entry that you want to extract.

Tara Edwards
Tara Edwards
6,521 Points
Tara Edwards
Tara Edwards
6,521 Points

Well, I made some changes. Thing is, the instructions said "override the init". Do I declare init twice? If so, why does it make Task 1 not work?

class Student:
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = 'Tara'

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.name = kwargs.get(name, "Joe")
Tara Edwards
Tara Edwards
6,521 Points
Tara Edwards
Tara Edwards
6,521 Points

OK, I have looked at other posts on the same subject (I guess I had better luck looking for init than anything else).

class Student: 
    name = 'Tara' 
    def __init__(name='Joe'): 
        self.name = name