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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance Instance Methods

Posted by Thiago Paulo
Thiago Paulo
3,076 Points

Program not calling the input

Hi, I have being trying to use the same loggic for a validation of a yes or no question but, the input is just not running, I'm not sure if i need something else to make the code run automatically.

def choice(self):
    choice = input("[Y] or [N]o").upper()

    if choice in 'YN':
        if choice == 'Y':
            print("\n\n\n\t\t\t\tIt Works!!!!!")
        else:
            print("\n\n\n\t\t\t\tIt still works!!!!!")
    else:
        return self.choice()

[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

What class is this method part of? How are you instantiating it and calling this method?

Are you doing something like this?

this_inst = SomeModel()
this_inst.choice()

If you wanted it to be a standalone function, save the following to a file called choise.py:

def choice():
    choice = input("[Y] or [N]o").upper()

    if choice in 'YN':
        if choice == 'Y':
            print("\n\n\n\t\t\t\tIt Works!!!!!")
        else:
            print("\n\n\n\t\t\t\tIt still works!!!!!")
    else:
        return choice()

# python idiom to execute if file called directly from command line
if __name__ == '__main__':
    # call function
    choice()

Then, at a shell prompt, type python choice.py

Thiago Paulo
Thiago Paulo
3,076 Points
Thiago Paulo
Thiago Paulo
3,076 Points

That might be my problem,that is all I wrote. I did it as a test, because I found it interesting the idea of making a validation test with a simple replacement for the 'C' "switch" function. I'm not sure what more do I need.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

added code to answer for running the file directly.