[Tutor] problem with program

[Mark Lawrence]

On 13/10/17 13:04, Chris Coleman wrote:
> just learning python as my first programming language.  going through the
> book "python in easy steps" by mike mcgrath.  i am going through the
> programs in chapter 7 and can't get them to work.  here is the first one in
> the chapter:
> class Bird:
>      '''A base class to define bird properties.'''
>      count=0
>      def_init_(self,chat):
>          self.sound=chat
>          Bird.count+=1
>      def talk(self):
>          return self.sound
> from Bird import*
> print('\nClass Instances Of:\n',Bird._doc_)
> polly=Bird('Squawk,squawk!')
> print('\nNumber Of Birds:',polly.count)
> print('Polly Says:',polly.talk())
> harry=Bird('Tweet,tweet!')
> print('\nNumber Of Birds:',harry.count)
> print('Harry Says:',harry.talk())
> 
> i am getting this error message:
> 
> File "scripts/bird.py", line 4
>      def_init_(self,chat):

You need a space between the `def` and the `__init__`.

>                                ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> what am i doing or not doing that is causing this?
> 


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