On Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:37:54 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote: > On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:28:19 -0700, Larry Hudson <org...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > >On 10/30/2014 01:16 PM, Seymore4Head wrote: > >> class pet: > >> def set_age(self,age): > >> self.age=age > >> def get_age(self): > >> return self.age > >> pax=pet > >> pax.set_age(4) > >> > >> Traceback (most recent call last): > >> File "C:\Functions\test.py", line 18, in <module> > >> pax.set_age(4) > >> TypeError: set_age() missing 1 required positional argument: 'age' > >> > >> I am trying to pass 4 as the age. Obviously I am doing it wrong. > >> > >You have already received the answer -- pax=pet should be pax=pet(), but I > >have a simple > >side-comment about style. It is common Python convention to capitalize > >class names, IOW make > >this class Pet instead of class pet. This is convention not a requirement, > >but it does help > >distinguish class names from ordinary variable names -- especially to others > >reading your code > >(as well as yourself a few days later). ;-) > > > > -=- Larry -=- > > I try to take typing shortcuts and it bites me in the behind. > Good suggestion > Thanks
A shortcut is the fastest way to get somewhere you weren't going. Python makes programming very easy (Compared to C/C++ and many other languages), but there are still a lot of shortcuts you can't make. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
