[Tutor] Something I don't understand

[Eric Brunson]

Jim Morcombe wrote:
> Below, "student_seats" is a list of the class "student".
>
> Why does this code set every student.row to zero when there is only one 
> student in the list with row > 5?
> It still sets them all to zero if I change the test to ">200" when there are 
> no student.rows > 200.
> But if I change the test to "<1" then nothing gets set to zero.
>
>
> Jim
>
>
> class student:
>      def __init__ (self, name, row, column):
>              self.name = name
>              self.row = row
>              self.column = column
>
>
>
> for student in student_seats:
>   

Try making your index variable (student) something that is not the same 
name as the class.

>         print student.name, "row = ", student.row, "column = ", 
> student.column
>                 if student.row > 5:
>                         student.row = 0
>          print student.name, "row = ", student.row, "column = ", 
> student.column
>
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