Classes

[Seymore4Head]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:22:13 -0400, Seymore4Head
<Seymore4Head at Hotmail.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:57:31 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber
><wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:18:44 -0400, Seymore4Head
>><Seymore4Head at Hotmail.invalid> declaimed the following:
>>
>>>On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:43:19 -0700, Rob Gaddi
>>><rgaddi at technologyhighland.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Define a Square class, subclassed from Rectangle.  Use getters/setters
>>>>to enforce that the length and width must be equal.  Confirm that
>>>>length and width remain locked, and that perimeter() and area() work
>>>>correctly.
>>>
>>>class Rectangle:
>>>    def __init__(self,length,width):
>>>        self.length=length
>>>        self.width=width
>>>    def area(self):
>>>        return self.length*self.width
>>>    def perimeter(self):
>>>        return 2*self.length+2*self.width
>>>class Square(Rectangle):
>>>    def set_side (self):
>>>        if self.length!=self.width:
>>>           
>>	Where's the rest of that -- not to mention you called it "set_side" but
>>never pass a side into it for use.
>> 
>>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>
>>class Rectangle(object):
>>    def __init__(self, length, width=None):
>>        self.length = length
>>        if width is None:
>>            self.width = length
>>        else:
>>            self.width = width
>>    def area(self):
>>        return self.length * self.width
>>    def perimeter(self):
>>        return 2 * (self.length + self.width)
>>
>Thanks for posting that.  I had given up on trying it.  I follow the
>changes you made up this point.  I will have to think some more to get
>the rest of this.
>The way you provided a catch for not having a width, I don't
>understand the purpose of a Square subclass.  Couldn't side just be
>length?
>BTW I am willing to forget any mention of getter/setter.  We can just
>pretend that never happened.
>
I took your instruction and change it to this:
That answers my own question.
Thanks again

class Rectangle(object):
    def __init__(self, length, width=None):
        self.length = length
        if width is None:
            self.width = length
        else:
            self.width = width
    def area(self):
        return self.length * self.width
    def perimeter(self):
        return 2 * (self.length + self.width)

class Square(Rectangle):
    def area(self):
        return self.length * self.width
    def perimeter(self):
        return 2 * (self.length + self.width)    
    
a=Rectangle(3,5)
print (a.area())
print (a.perimeter())
b=Rectangle(5,7)
print (b.area())
print (b.perimeter())
c=Square(4)
print (c.area())
print (c.perimeter())