[Tutor] Classes Turn Strings Into Tuples for some reason

[Liam Clarke]

Hi John

This part here...
 self.name = name,

The comma tells Python that self.name is a tuple, similar to x=(4,5,6,7,) would.

Are you wanting to add multiple names to the same variable i.e. (Jane,
John, Jeff, Jenny)?
I

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:10:31 -0600, Gooch, John <john.gooch at echostar.com> wrote:
> With the class below:
> 
> #Define Classes
> class Record:
>     def __init__(self, name ):
>         self.name = name,
>         self.lastlogon = ''
>         self.ipaddress = "0"
>         self.uptime = 0
>         self.type = 0
>         self.location = "0"
>     def printName(self):
>         return self.name
>     def getName(self):
>         print self.name
>         return self.name
> #End Class Record
> 
> If I create an instance of the class like so -
>         joe = Record( "joe")
> and then
>         print joe.name
>         or
>         pring joe.getName()
> Instead of printing just the name, it prints
>         ( 'joe', )
> 
> I have been reading up on functions and classes, and haven't found any
> information to explain this behavior. I
> want the value to be a scalar string, and not a tuple.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> John A. Gooch
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