error: self.name = "NPC{}".format(num_of_NPCs + 1)

error: self.name = "NPC{}".format(num_of_NPCs + 1) - Printable Version

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error: self.name = "NPC{}".format(num_of_NPCs + 1) - Exsul - May-03-2019

Code:

class NPC:

    num_of_NPCs = 0

    def __init__(self):
        self.name = "NPC{}".format(num_of_NPCs + 1)
        NPC.num_of_NPCs += 1

Error:

Quote:NameError: name 'num_of_NPCs' is not defined

I'm trying to name class instances "NPC" plus an increasing number (1, 2, 3) each time a new class instance is created. The above code gives me a name error. What am I doing wrong?

RE: error: self.name = "NPC{}".format(num_of_NPCs + 1) - ichabod801 - May-03-2019

You haven't specified the namespace num_of_NPCs is in, like you did on the next line.