Last thing I need to do solve is the __str__ problem. I can print the name
fine, but everytime I try to put in the self.hunger and self.boredom values
I get:
TypeError: Can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly
http://old.nabble.com/file/p31940427/critter_caretaker3.py
critter_caretaker3.py
Alan Gauld wrote:
>
>
> "Vincent Balmori" <vincentbalmori at yahoo.com> wrote
>
>> I'm on the Critter Caretake problem that involves handling more than
>> one
>> critter. I have looked At David Merrick's threads for some answers,
>
> Given that David hasn't solved the problem yet that may not
> be the best source! :-)
>
>> difference is that he created a whole new class to handle it,
>
> He has now reverted to a simple list.
>
>> made more critter objects. The only problem I have left is to have
>> my
>> actions (play and eat) apply to all my creatures ALL AT ONCE,
>> instead of one
>> at a time like it is in my code right now.
>
> You can't. You can only apply the methods to one critter at a time.
> You can write code to wrap it all up into a convenient single call,
> but that code will still need to call each item separately. There is
> no such thing as a "call all" mechanism in Python.
>
> BTW, You have the same issue as David with __str__.
> __str__() should return a string, it should not print anything itself.
> If you sdo that you can then, in your main code write
>
> print(crit1)
>
> instead of
>
> crit1.__str__()
>
> This makes using objects much more like using other data types.
>
> Also in your init method:
>
> def __init__(self, name, hunger = 0, boredom = 0):
> hunger = random.randint(0,15)
> boredom = random.randint(0,15)
>
> These two lines mean you throw away the values being
> passed in to the constructor, so you might as well not
> have them. And...
>
> self.name = name
> self.hunger = hunger
> self.boredom = boredom
>
> Since you just assign them to the attributes you might as well
> just do the call to randint() here and delete the first two lines
> completely.
>
> Finally in play()
>
> def play(self, fun = 4):
> while self.boredom >= 3:
> fun = int(input("\n How long do you want to play?: "))
> if fun > 5:
> int(input("\n How long do you want to play?: "))
>
> You ignore the value of fun passed into the method.
> (And in your code never pass a value) So again you could
> just lose the fun parameter.
>
> Then if fun > 5 you ask the user for a value, convert it to an
> int then throw it away so it does no good. You probably should
> assign the new value to fun.
>
> HTH,
>
>
> --
> Alan Gauld
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
>
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