Classes
Seymore4Head
Seymore4Head at Hotmail.invalid
Thu Oct 30 17:34:57 EDT 2014
On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:28:19 -0700, Larry Hudson <orgnut at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>On 10/30/2014 01:16 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> class pet:
>> def set_age(self,age):
>> self.age=age
>> def get_age(self):
>> return self.age
>> pax=pet
>> pax.set_age(4)
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "C:\Functions\test.py", line 18, in <module>
>> pax.set_age(4)
>> TypeError: set_age() missing 1 required positional argument: 'age'
>>
>> I am trying to pass 4 as the age. Obviously I am doing it wrong.
>>
>You have already received the answer -- pax=pet should be pax=pet(), but I have a simple
>side-comment about style. It is common Python convention to capitalize class names, IOW make
>this class Pet instead of class pet. This is convention not a requirement, but it does help
>distinguish class names from ordinary variable names -- especially to others reading your code
>(as well as yourself a few days later). ;-)
>
> -=- Larry -=-
I try to take typing shortcuts and it bites me in the behind.
Good suggestion
Thanks
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