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Python

Wes House
Wes House
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Posted by Wes House
Wes House
6,944 Points

Why "hand = hands.Hand(size=5, die_class=dice.D6)" rather than "hand = Hand(size=5, die_class=dice.D6)" in the console?

I don't understand why hands.Hand() part. Why do we need to call the name of the file with an attribute of Hand(size=5, die_class=dice.D6)?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
225,652 Points

You didn't provide a link to a course page, but I'd guess that "hands" was imported as a module and the class "Hand" wasn't specifically imported:

import hands            # with this you must call hands.Hand()
#----------------------------- OR ----------------------------
from hands import Hand  # with this you can simply call Hand()
Wes House
Wes House
6,944 Points
Wes House
Wes House
6,944 Points

Sorry, it's from this lesson: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/giving-a-hand

And the issue I'm referring to happens at 2:15.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
225,652 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
225,652 Points

I guessed it! At 2:08 he says "And let's import dice, and let's import hands.". He does that with this code:

import dice, hands

So those imports give you access to the files, but not directly to the classes within them. You still need to name the module to get to the class. And that explains "hands.Hand()".

If he had done the other kind of import, then "Hand()" could be used.