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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Adding to our Panda

Posted by Emily H
Emily H
2,861 Points

What am I doing wrong?

Hi there, I have been struggling with this for a week now, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I have to return the string where it says "Bao Bao eats bamboo".

panda.py 
class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'
    name = 'Bao Bao'

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.name = name
        self.age = age

    def eat (self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return ('('name') eats ('food')')

1 Answer

Megan L
Megan L
2,905 Points
Megan L
Megan L
2,905 Points

The name bao bao should be in the eat method . It's not a class attribute since the eat method is the only method that is returning the string bao bao eats bamboo.

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.is_hungry = True
        self.name = name
        self.age = age
    def eat (self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        name = 'Bao Bao'
        food = 'bamboo'
        return f'{self.name} eats {self.food}.'
Emily H
Emily H
2,861 Points

Fixed it, thank you!