🔒 When doing classes, why not just do print?

[solemn parrot]

I'm a bit confused with this task I have to implement objects into my class. In my tutorials, they just say "do this this this then boom, magic" (from what I understood)

Why then do I have to do in like lets say, email, from my understanding in the tutorials:

class Counselor: 
    def __init__(self,first,last,schedule):
        self.first = first
        self.last = last
        self.email = first + '.' + last + '@gmail.com'
        self.schedule = schedule

Counselor_1 = Counselor(first = 'Casey', last = 'Scout',schedule ='Mon-Fri 2-5PM')


print("Email:", Counselor_1.email)    

Whereas in my teachers tutorial which is after the video tutorial from YT I followed for lets say focusing on the email it is doing:

def __init__(self,id_number,name,degree_program, birthday):

        self.email_address = None

def get_email(self):
      return self.emailaddress

if  _ _ name _ _ ==  "_ _ main _ _"
      student1 = Student(name = John Doe, etc., etc. etc.,)

#then in for email it's just

student1.set_email("[email protected]")
print("Email address: ", student1.get_email() )

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[vapid zodiac]

it's reusable

its a template

thus you can create lots of objects with the template

and reduce repetition

[nova fable]

I'm assuming there's a set_email method you've omitted.

In core OOP the attributes of an object (an instance of a class) are things you don't touch, and instead use a setter (eg your set_email method) to change state and a getter (eg get_email) to read state.

But in Python we broadly just get at attributes directly. student1.email = .... to set it, and just student1.email to get it.

[vapid zodiac]

^ can confirm, getters and setters are not really used in python (unless they use __ naming)

[nova fable]

In the first example the .email_address is set during the init of the object.

In your second example it's overtly set when you call the set_email method.

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[nova fable]

@solemn parrot ^^

[solemn parrot]

Ow, will try edit that. ty 😄

[solemn parrot]

The set_email is above the print part

[solemn parrot]

I only understand the above template. I am a wee bit confused on the bottom template that has thereturn and way more def __init__

Also idk what to do when there is:

#get_name() - I think I just need to use the 1st template?
#get_email() - I feel I can just do this using the 1st template but then seeing how the prof didn't use the one from the YT tutorial but rather the bottom template, I am feeling I might miss something.
#get_schedule() - 1st template is what I feel I should use
#update_schedule() - I think I should use the same concept for get_email. Will send it below

[solemn parrot]

I was a bit confused but I found what you mean when reviewing the readings 😅

def set_email(self,email_address):
    if '@' in email_address and '.' in email_address:
        self.email_address = email_address 
    else:
        raise ValueError("Invalid email address format")

So far this is what I've progressed :>

[solemn parrot]

But then as I need now to do this, I'm a bit shook 🥹

[red relic]

You put def_name

Not def name

Therefore it is invalid syntax

[solemn parrot]

Oh! Mb haha

Was manually copy pasting cuz the examples were screenshots

So far, hopefully I'm going the right direction to the tasks requested😅

[solemn parrot]

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[tame turret]

you also forgot to close the parentheses in the first print

[solemn parrot]

This what I worked on so far but idk why it still won't run...

oh

the if and else weren't....

weren't aligned

aight now it's line 25 that's an error 💀

nvm

parenthesis

darn

[agile pecan]

1. you don't actually need to spell out each argument; the values get assigned in-order.

a = Counselor("Green", "Grass", "Random Date")

print( a.first )  # 'Green'

[solemn parrot]

tried fixing some stuff but I'm confused where and whether to use Counselor or Counselor_1

[agile pecan]

!eval -
2) you'd need to call the function name() not just mention it.

I mean -

def name(something):
    print( f"{something} world!")

see the difference -

print( name )
print( name("Hello") )

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:white_check_mark: Your 3.13 eval job has completed with return code 0.

001 | <function name at 0x7fdfbb0e39c0>
002 | Hello world!
003 | None

[solemn parrot]

Ow

I need to like

hm

[solemn parrot]

hm

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