How to use a parameter in a class

[Florian Herlings]

Hello Decebal,

I am new to python myself, which might be the cause why I do not get
that "last line" at all. To me it looks like you are trying to set a
variable in the class body (if I am reading the indent correctly) and
call a function (that does not exist?) to calculate the value for it.
Does that work at all?

About a week ago I learned something, that might solve your problem:
You can only access the instance's variables from within a function.
The variable is not visible from the outside. To get that value (12 on
your example) you have to be in a function, or call your returnValue()
function from the outside.

I hope, that I did not waste your time with my lowest level knowledge.

Have a nice weekend,
Florian


On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Decebal <CLDWesterhof at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the following class:
>  #####
>  class Dummy():
>     value = 0
>     def __init__(self, thisValue):
>         print thisValue
>         self.value = thisValue
>         value = thisValue
>
>     def testing(self):
>         print 'In test: %d' % self.value
>
>     def returnValue(self):
>         return self.value
>
>     result = someFuntion(default = value)
>  #####
>
>  But the last line does not work.
>  I would like to do a call like:
>     dummy = Dummy(thisValue = 12)
>
>  And that someFunction gets a default value of 12. How can I do that?
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