On 05/09/12 23:10, Ashley Fowler wrote:
I need help creating a student class.
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class with there first name, last name, credits and gpa. Can anybody help me get started? Below is what needs to be included. For number one, is the variables suppose to be parameters?
Normally yes, you'd make those variables the input parameters to the __init__() method.
1. four instance variables: firstName (a string), lastName (a string), numCredits (an integer), gpa (a float);
These would normally be defined inside __init__()
2. an accessor method for each instance variable; 3. a mutator method for each instance variable;
This is not good Python practice. It smells like Java... In python it's customary to access attributes directly. If you really want to use access methods then you should create a 'property'
4. an __init__ method that sets all the instance variables to values provided by the user; 5. a __str__ method that returns a string that contains all the data of the object in the order: firstName, lastName, numCredits, gpa.
These are fairly standard. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
