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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance Score Method

Posted by Mehran Moradi
Mehran Moradi
11,140 Points

Please help me solve this challenge. I am stuck here

I want to solve this challenge and have used almost everywhere's forum and could not solve. Please help

game.py 
class Game:

    def __init__(self):
    self.current_score = [0, 0]
    def score(self,player):
        self.player = player

            if self.player == 1:
        self.current_score[0] +=1
        elif self.player == 2:
            self.current_score[1] += 1
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi Mehran! Sorry I couldn't get to your help request sooner, but I see that Idan Melamed has helped out with a couple of brilliant explanations. Glad you got it working! :sparkles:

3 Answers

Idan Melamed
Idan Melamed
16,285 Points
Idan Melamed
Idan Melamed
16,285 Points

Hi Mehran

The argument player will be either 1 or 2. If it's 1, we need to increase current_score[0] by 1. If it's 2, we need to increase current_score[1] by 1.

One solution to this could be:

class Game:
    def __init__(self):
        self.current_score = [0, 0]

    def score(self, player):
        self.current_score[player - 1] += 1
Mehran Moradi
Mehran Moradi
11,140 Points

Thanks Idan. I was stuck there and it worked. Could you please explain more why only one player you wrote?

Idan Melamed
Idan Melamed
16,285 Points
Idan Melamed
Idan Melamed
16,285 Points

Hi Mehran, Sure, I can try.

The instructions said that "player" is an argument, and it will be either 1 or 2. So every time you see the argument "player", you have to remember it will only be either the number 1, or the number 2.

So, we could write:

class Game:
    def __init__(self):
        self.current_score = [0, 0]

    def score(self, player):
        if player == 1:
            self.current_score[0] += 1
        if player == 2:
            self.current_score[1] += 1

I just wrote it a little differently, but it's basically exactly the same.

Mehran Moradi
Mehran Moradi
11,140 Points
Mehran Moradi
Mehran Moradi
11,140 Points

Thanks #Jennifer Nordell. Really Appreciate