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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Objects __init__

Posted by Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

What's wrong with this code?

What am I doing wrong on this code challenge?

'' class Student: name = 'Tristan'

def init(name): self.name = name

student.py 
class Student:
  name = 'Tristan'

  def __init__(name):
    self.name = name

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

As a method, __init__() needs self:

class Student:
    name = 'Tristan'

    def __init__(self, name):  # <-- added "self"
        self.name = name

Edit: The challenge states: Give __init__ a name keyword argument with a default value of your choice.

Updating the solution:

class Student:
    name = 'Tristan'

    def __init__(self, name="Determined"):  # <-- added default value
        self.name = name
Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

That didn't work

Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

This was my code

'''class Student: name = 'tristan' def init(self, name): self.name = name

Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

Why did that fix the problem?

Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

Thank you very much