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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance Intro to Inheritance

Posted by Yukiru Kannazuki
Yukiru Kannazuki
3,036 Points

Where to place a series of if/elif statements that regulate the hp from the color of a monster?

During the video I was a little overexcited to get into a more detailed system of the randomness of the monster's hit_points. However when running the code, I'm not quite sure where to place it, or if this code snippet will even work with classes.

def hp_due_color(Monster):
  if monster.color == 'green':
    max_hit_points = 3
  elif monster.color == 'blue':
    max_hit_points = 4
    min_hit_points = 2
  elif monster.color == 'yellow':
    min_hit_points = 3
  elif monster.color == 'red':
    min_hit_points = 4

1 Answer

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

The code as written will do much. max_hit_points and min_hit_points are local to the function and don't affect the monster instance pass to this function. Prefix each of these variables with "monster." as shown below:

def hp_due_color(monster):  #<-- lowercased to match usage inside function
    if monster.color == 'green':
        monster.max_hit_points = 3  #<-- add "monster."
    elif monster.color == 'blue':
        monster.max_hit_points = 4  #<-- add "monster."
        monster.min_hit_points = 2  #<-- add "monster."
    elif monster.color == 'yellow':
        monster.min_hit_points = 3  #<-- add "monster."
    elif monster.color == 'red':
        monster.min_hit_points = 4  #<-- add "monster."

Once those changes are made, you can use this function at anytime after a Monster() has been instantiated such as:

monster_1 = Monster()
hp_due_color(monster_1)
Yukiru Kannazuki
Yukiru Kannazuki
3,036 Points

thanks, glad it wasn't too far off.