Starting with Classes - basic problem

[barryjogorman]

HAVE THE FOLLOWING VERY BASIC PROGRAM:

class Person:
def _init_(self,name, job=None, pay=0):
self.name=name
self.job=job
self.pay=pay

bob = Person('Bob Smith')
sue = Person('Sue Jones', job='dev', pay = 100000)
print(bob.name, bob.pay)
print(sue.name, sue.pay)

I am getting the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Python31/person1.py", line 7, in <module>
bob = Person('Bob Smith')
TypeError: object.__new__() takes no parameters



All suggestions gratefully received.

 

[MRAB]

HAVE THE FOLLOWING VERY BASIC PROGRAM:

class Person:
def _init_(self,name, job=None, pay=0):
self.name=name
self.job=job
self.pay=pay

bob = Person('Bob Smith')
sue = Person('Sue Jones', job='dev', pay = 100000)
print(bob.name, bob.pay)
print(sue.name, sue.pay)

I am getting the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Python31/person1.py", line 7, in <module>
bob = Person('Bob Smith')
TypeError: object.__new__() takes no parameters



All suggestions gratefully received.

The special methods use double underscores, not single underscores, eg
__init__ not _init_.

 

[barryjogorman]

The __init__ method starts and ends with two underscores,not one underscore _init_ as you have used.

thanks