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Python Basic Object-Oriented Python Welcome to OOP Adding to our Panda

Zachary Radcliff
Zachary Radcliff
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Posted by Zachary Radcliff
Zachary Radcliff
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OOP Classes False is not True

I have my class set, but it looks like it might not be recognized. Any pointers guys?

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


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

        def eat(self):
            self.is_hungry = False
            return("{} eats {}".format(name)(food))

2 Answers

Jeff Muday
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Jeff Muday
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Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
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You need to outdent by 4 spaces to make it syntactically correct. Python is very strict on matching the indentation of a block of code.

I hope this helps!

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'


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

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return("{} eats {}".format(name)(food))
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Maybe this will help

class Panda:
    species = 'Ailuropoda melanoleuca'
    food = 'bamboo'

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

    def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return f"{self.name} eats {self.food}."

Pay close attention to the Return statement in def eat(self):

 def eat(self):
        self.is_hungry = False
        return f"{self.name} eats {self.food}."

you will see that the parenthesis are removed from the return statement and the name and food attributes are string formatted with (dot) formation inside of the curly brackets, and you have an indentation error.

I hope this helps