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Python

mourad marzouk
mourad marzouk
5,560 Points
Posted by mourad marzouk
mourad marzouk
5,560 Points

Worked in work spaces...

I tested this in workspaces with an instance call and it worked. However didnt worked in here, has something to do with that S class?

morse.py 
class Letter:
    def __init__(self, pattern=None):
        self.pattern = pattern

    def __str__(self):
        str=""
        for x in range(len(pattern)):
            if pattern[x] is '.':
                pattern[x]='dot'
            elif pattern[x] is '_':
                pattern[x]='dash'
        str='-'.join(pattern)        
        return str

class S(Letter):
    def __init__(self):
        pattern = ['.', '.', '.']
        super().__init__(pattern)
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

How did it work when pattern is not declared in your __str__ function?

Also, I would avoid declaring a variable named str since it is a built-in variable name. Also, it is just not needed.

1 Answer

mourad marzouk
mourad marzouk
5,560 Points
mourad marzouk
mourad marzouk
5,560 Points

Hey Dave,

I think I know where I messed this up, please correct me if I'm wrong.

but in workspaces I was calling to the class in an instance completely out of the class. I was passing a pattern through and running it like a function. I wasn't using the class S to pass the pattern. I declared the self and make it create/append rather then rewrite the existing pattern list and it worked.