Classes

[Rob Gaddi]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:16:51 -0400
Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head at Hotmail.invalid> 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.
> 

The reason your call is missing the positional argument is that 4 is
being assigned to self, rather than to age, so there is no age.  This is
because you are trying to call a function of the class object, rather
than a function of an instance of the class.

pax=pet()

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