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Ivan Frances Alcantara
4,528 PointsWhy does sword.description return only sharp? (min 7:25)
If I am not wrong, Kenneth creates an item in Python shell with instance = Item(attribute1, attribute2, attribute3); and then calls description on it, which returns only attribute2. I have not seen .description being used before in Python Basics course, so I'm a little bit lost there.
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,752 PointsI'm not sure in which video he creates the items.py file but I downloaded the project files to see what they contain. In items.py is an Item class:
class Item:
def __init__(self, name, description):
self.name = name
self.description = description
def __str__(self):
return '{}: {}'.format(self.name, self.description)
class Weapon(Item):
def __init__(self, name, description, power):
super().__init__(name, description)
self.power = power
The Item class has a description attribute and is imported in the video with the line:
from items import Item
He then creates an instance of the class with:
sword = Item('sword', 'sharp')
at which point you can return 'sharp' with sword.description
Ivan Frances Alcantara
4,528 PointsIvan Frances Alcantara
4,528 PointsA thousand thanks!