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Python

Posted by mark tur
mark tur
6,996 Points

When returning self.get_weapon(), why do we not return get_weapon(self) instead?

2 Questions:

  • Why is it that we do not return get_weapon(self), where self is the 1 argument for get_weapon
  • And why is it that the error we get is a "not defined" error even though we've defined it a few lines above?

Sample code: ```File "/Users/xxxxx/Desktop/code/python/character.py", line 22, in init self.weapon = self.get_weapon() File "/Users/xxxxx/Desktop/code/python/character.py", line 17, in get_weapon return get_weapon() NameError: name 'get_weapon' is not defined

1 Answer

Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points

Hello Mark.

First question: The get_weapon is a method of the class (if I remember correctly), so to call it, the normal procedure is the one that the teacher shows in the video. get_weapon(self) I would presume would be a function call (speaking in general, not relative to this case in particular).

The second question is a bit more complicated I think, and I think you should paste the relative piece of code so that we can have a look at it.

Thanks

Vittorio