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narwhalt
6,040 PointsWhat am I missing?
Getting an AssertionError
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
return (f'{self.name} eats {self.food}.')
def check_if_hungry(self):
if is_hungry == True:
self.eat()
1 Answer

Steven Parker
216,810 PointsYou're missing the "self." prefix before "is_hungry".
Also, you don't need to compare a boolean value against "True", you can just test it directly:
if self.is_hungry: