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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Method Interactivity

praise name is not defined. How do i do that?

What am I doing wrong. It says name 'praise' is not defined. Please help

first_class.py
class Student:
    name = "Your Name"

    def praise(self):
        return "You inspire me, {}".format(self.name)

    def reassurance(self):
        return "Chin up, {}. You'll get it next time!".format(self.name)

    def feedback(self, grade):
        if grade > 50:
            return praise(self)
        else:
            return reassurance(self)

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Chaquayla Halmon! Looks like you're doing pretty well so far. So this class has three methods that are all "attached" to the Student. You're trying to pass self into a praise function, but the praise function already has access to the Student. The student is the instance of Student that it's referring to.

Instead of:

praise(self)

You're looking for:

self.praise()

Hope this helps! :sparkles: