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WildCat
WildCat

Reputation: 19

Python3 Classes- Can you change it into a string?

I created a class: Hopper So that first_rabbit=Hopper('Thumper')

def __init__(self,name):
        self.name=name
        number_hops=10 
        self.number_hops=number_hops
def __repr__(self):
        return (self.name + str(self.number_hops))

However, outside of the class, I use a function: jumping contest(first, second): Where the parameters would be rabbits (ie: Hopper('Thumper'))

In that function is there a way to isolate just the name like 'Thumper' so that I can print info?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (2)

trevorKirkby
trevorKirkby

Reputation: 1897

You could actually go one step further in the built in attributes and use the name attribute. It would be like this:

def __init__(self,name):
    self.__name__=name
    number_hops=10 
    self.number_hops=number_hops
def __repr__(self):
    return self.__name__

This would not really do anything differently, but the attribute name is there for this purpose, so it is probably best to use it. Alternatively, because you probably want to keep the repr that tells you both peices of information, so instead of accessing it by

print(rabbit)

than you would use

print(rabbit.__name__)

or just make a second function, like

def name(self):
    return self.__name__

Upvotes: 1

Maria Ines Parnisari
Maria Ines Parnisari

Reputation: 17466

def __str__(self):
    return self.name

And you can invoke it with

print(first_rabbit)

Upvotes: 0

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