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

Posted by Maximillion Archibald
Maximillion Archibald
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Panda Object error

I fail to see the problem here

panda.py 
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'{name} eats {food}.')

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there, Maximillion Archibald! The variables name and food are not defined inside that method. The food is set on the class and the name was defined when we created the panda along with the age. Obviously, not every panda has the same name.

What you're looking for is self.name and self.food which refers to the particular panda we're talking about.

For instance:

panda_one = Panda("Bandit", 4)
panda_two = Panda("Fluffy", 2)

Those create two new instances of panda. The first one is named "Bandit" and is four years-old. The second is named "Fluffy" and is 2 years-old. So printing out print(panda_one.name) will print "Bandit" while print(panda_two.name) will print "Fluffy".

Hope this helps! :sparkles: