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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Creating a Panda Class

Alex Lord
Alex Lord
1,705 Points
Posted by Alex Lord
Alex Lord
1,705 Points

Basic Object-Oriented Python Challenge Task 2 of 2

I keep getting TypeError: init() missing 1 required positional argument.

I have also tried line 5 as def init(self, is_hungry=True) and still got an error.

panda.py 
class Panda:
    species = "Ailuropoda melanoleuca"
    food = "bamboo"

    def __init__(self, is_hungry):
        self.is_hungry = True

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

The instructions for creating the __init__ method say "It should only take the self argument."

But this code defines it as taking two arguments, even though the second one is not being used.

Just remove the second argument (is_hungry) to pass the challenge.