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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance __str__

__str__() method

can anyone explain to me where am getting this wrong,i am getting the value but it seems am failing to convert it to a string, any hints

game_str.py
from game import Game


class GameScore(Game):
  pass

def __str__(self):
  return "Player 1:{};Player 2:{}".format(self.score,self.score)

self.score is a tuple, for example (5,2) so you can give it to a and b. Please check out the code below.

from game import Game

class GameScore(Game): pass

def str(self): a,b = self.score return 'Player 1: {}; Player 2: {}'.format(a,b)

3 Answers

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

self.score is a 2-tuple, so you'll want to access the individual scores with the appropriate index.

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Your __str__ function seems not be indented enough to actually belong to your GameScore class.

ok thanks man i am yet to grasp on indendation

Jullien Selby
Jullien Selby
16,320 Points

You'll want to not only indent but also use [] for you index. Being that this is a tuple if you don't use an index you'll get a return of [(5,2)] formatted.

from game import Game

class GameScore(Game):

pass

def __str__(self):
    return "Player 1: {}; Player 2: {}".format(self.score[0], self.score[1])