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Dekel Zoaretz
14,864 PointsStuck in quiz, can't seem to figure out why
Why isn't this compiling?
class RaceCar:
color = ""
fuel_remaining = 0
laps = 0
def __init__(self, color, fuel_remaining, laps, **kwargs):
self.color = color
self.fuel_remaining = fuel_remaining
self.laps = laps
for key, value in kwargs.items():
setattr(self, key, value)
def run_lap(self, length):
self.laps++
self.fuel_remaining = self.fuel_remaining - (length * 0.125)
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsBeyond the typo Christian mentioned (replace ++ with += 1), the challenge asks you to assign laps in the __init__ section but does not ask to add it to the argument list.
- remove the
lapsparameter - set
self.laps = 0 - bonus:
laps,colorandfuel_remainingdo not need to be set to default class values.
Christian Mangeng
15,970 PointsHi Dekel,
in Python it is not valid syntax to use ++ for incrementing (use self.laps += 1 instead). Also, you shouldn't initialize color and fuel_remaining directly on the class. It is better to let the init method do this job (see also task 3/3).