[Tutor] create class Pet

[Stephanie Quiles]

> sorry this is the correct error. it allows me to enter name and age but then i get the message: 

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/python3.4 /Users/stephaniequiles/PycharmProjects/untitled3/pets.py
what is the name of the pet?: riley
Please enter a type of pet: cat
Enter age of pet: 11
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/stephaniequiles/PycharmProjects/untitled3/pets.py", line 15, in <module>
    main()
  File "/Users/stephaniequiles/PycharmProjects/untitled3/pets.py", line 7, in main
    pet.get_name(name, animal_type, age)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'get_name'

Process finished with exit code 1

class Pet:
    # pet class should have an __init__ method that creates these attributes.
    def __init__(self, name, animal_type, age):
        self.__name = "name"
        self.__animal_type = "animal_type"
        self.__age = "age"

    def set_name(self, name):
        self.__name = "name"

    def set_type(self, animal_type):
        self.__animal_type = animal_type

    def set_age(self, age):
        self.__age = age

    def get_name(self):
        return self.__name

    def get_animal_type(self):
        return self.__animal_type

    def get_age(self):
        return self.__age

# create methods,  set_name , set_animal_type, set_age,  get_name, get_animal_type
# get_age

# write a program that creates an object of the class and prompts the use to enter
# name, type, age of their pet.

# data should be stored as objects attributes.
# use objects accessor methods to retrieve the pet's name, type and age
# display data on screen

# __author__ = 'stephaniequiles'
import pet
def main():
    name = input("what is the name of the pet?: ")
    animal_type = input("Please enter a type of pet: ")
    age = input("Enter age of pet: ")
    pet.get_name(name, animal_type, age)
    print("This will be saved to file.")
    print("Here is a the data you entered: ")
    print("Pet Name: ", pet.get_name)
    print("Animal Type:", pet.get_animal_type)
    print("Age: ", pet.get_age)


main()



> On Jun 16, 2015, at 3:49 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> On 16/06/2015 17:45, Stephanie Quiles wrote:
>> Hello, Having trouble figuring out why this program is not running. could someone please take a look and see where I am going wrong? Here is the error message i am getting : /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/python3.4 /Users/stephaniequiles/PycharmProjects/untitled3/pets.py
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/Users/stephaniequiles/PycharmProjects/untitled3/pets.py", line 2, in <module>
>>     def main(get_name=name):
>> NameError: name 'name' is not defined
>> 
>> Process finished with exit code 1
>> 
>> Thanks !!!!
>> 
>> Code is below:
>> 
>> 
>> # __author__ = 'stephaniequiles'
>> 
>> # write a class named Pet should include __name, __animal_type, __age
>> 
>> class Pet:
>>     # pet class should have an __init__ method that creates these attributes.
>>     def __init__(self, name, animal_type, age):
>>         self.__name = 'name'
>>         self.__animal_type = 'animal_type'
>>         self.__age = 'age'
>> 
>>     def set_name(self, name):
>>         self.__name = 'name'
> 
> Further to Alan's answer the above methods are wrong.  You're setting all the instance variables to strings instead of the actual variable names.  Get rid of the single quotes.
> 
> -- 
> My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
> what you can do for our language.
> 
> Mark Lawrence
> 
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