TypeError: this constructor takes no arguments

[Manoj]

Here is the full program.
--------------------------
class myclass:
  def printout(self, string):
    print string
class person:
   def __init__(self, lname, fname):
      self.__lname = lname
      self.__fname = fname
   def getFirstname(self):
      return(self.__fname)
   def getLastname(self):
      return(self.__lname)
   def putFirstname(self, s):
      self.__fname = s
   def putLastname(self, s):
      self.__lname = s
   __fname = ""
   __lname = ""
                                                                                
#Here we go
my = myclass("Paul", "John")
my.printout("Sample program using CLASS")
my.printout("written by ")
p = person()
#This will return error since the variable is private
#print p.__fname
p.putFirstname("Paul")
p.putLastname("John")
                                                                                
print p.getFirstname(), p.getLastname()
                                                          
-------------------------------------


Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote in message news:<cc371g$q87$01$1 at news.t-online.com>...
> Manoj wrote:
> 
> > I have written a simple program usinga  class.
> > But it not compiling.The error i get is
> > my = myclass("Paul", "John")
> > TypeError: this constructor takes no arguments
> 
> Please make sure you post the actual code. Your snippet fails with a
> NameError:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "class.py", line 19, in ?
>     my = myclass("Paul", "John")
> NameError: name 'myclass' is not defined
> 
> and indeed you defined 'person', not 'myclass'.
> 
> Peter