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Python

David Gourley
David Gourley
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Posted by David Gourley
David Gourley
3,818 Points

setter issues

Hi guys, I'm having an issues with the property decorator in the browser editor. The .setter part is not acting like a decorator (all yellow text). instead it is sky blue, like a .method call. You might be seeing something I'm not. Any help would be appreciated. thanks.

product.py 
class Product:
    _price = 0.0
    tax_rate = 0.12

    def __init__(self, base_price):
        self._price = base_price

    @property
    def price(self):
        return self._price + (self._price * self.tax_rate)

    @price.setter
    def price(self, new_price):
        self.price = new_price

1 Answer

Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,862 Points
Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,862 Points

Hi David,

Your setter is trying to set the wrong value. The variable you should be setting is _price, you are trying to set price.

Cheers

Alex