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user1899679
user1899679

Reputation: 839

Python NameError: name is not defined

I have a python script and I am receiving the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Tim\Desktop\pop-erp\test.py", line 1, in <module>  
    s = Something()
NameError: name 'Something' is not defined

Here is the code that causes the problem:

s = Something()
s.out()

class Something:
    def out():
        print("it works")

This is being run with Python 3.3.0 under Windows 7 x86-64.

Why can't the Something class be found?

Upvotes: 72

Views: 865434

Answers (4)

Super Kai - Kazuya Ito
Super Kai - Kazuya Ito

Reputation: 1

I got the same error below:

NameError: name 'name' is not defined

When I don't define the getter method with @property while the setter and deleter are defined as shown below:

class Person:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self._name = name

    # @property
    # def name(self):
    #     return self._name

    @name.setter
    def name(self, name):
        self._name = name

    @name.deleter # Here
    def name(self):
        del self._name

Upvotes: -3

Tomasz Bartkowiak
Tomasz Bartkowiak

Reputation: 15058

Note that sometimes you will want to use the class type name inside its own definition, for example when using Python Typing module, e.g.

class Tree:
    def __init__(self, left: Tree, right: Tree):
        self.left = left
        self.right = right

This will also result in

NameError: name 'Tree' is not defined

That's because the class has not been defined yet at this point. The workaround is using so called Forward Reference, i.e. wrapping a class name in a string, i.e.

class Tree:
    def __init__(self, left: 'Tree', right: 'Tree'):
        self.left = left
        self.right = right

Upvotes: 24

Blender
Blender

Reputation: 298582

Define the class before you use it:

class Something:
    def out(self):
        print("it works")

s = Something()
s.out()

You need to pass self as the first argument to all instance methods.

Upvotes: 112

user574435
user574435

Reputation: 143

You must define the class before creating an instance of the class. Move the invocation of Something to the end of the script.

You can try to put the cart before the horse and invoke procedures before they are defined, but it will be an ugly hack and you will have to roll your own as defined here:

Make function definition in a python file order independent

Upvotes: 5

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