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TypeError: __init__() missing 3 required positional arguments
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Hi Guys,

I am studying a mark scheme answer from a previous exam question and when following the mark scheme on Python , I am presented with an error: TypeError: __init__() missing 3 required positional arguments: 'MemberName', 'MemberID', and 'SubscriptionPaid'

The focus is on practicing Methods:
methods
• SetMemberName
• SetMemberID
• SetSubscriptionPaid

I have played around with the code and used various methods to pass the arguments, unfortunately, still presented with this error.

Any help appreciated.


class Member() :
    def __init__(self, MemberName, MemberID, SubscriptionPaid):
        self.__MemberName = ""
        self.__MemberID = ""
        self.__SubscriptionPaid = False
    def SetMemberName(self, Name):
        self.MemberName = Name
    def SetMemberID(self, ID):
        self.MemberID = ID
    def SetSubscriptionPaid(self, Paid):
        self.SubscriptioPaid = Paid



class JuniorMember (Member):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.DateOfBirth=""

    def SetDateOfBirth(self, Date):
        self.DateOfBirth = Date


NewMember=JuniorMember()
NewMember.SetMemberName("Ali")
NewMember.SetMemberID("12345")
NewMember.SetSubscriptionPaid(True)
NewMember.SetDateOfBirth("12/11/2001")

__init__ function of Member class has 3 arguments.

When I am calling super().__init__() from JuniorMember class I am passing 3 arguments now - but it says NameError: name 'MemberName' is not defined

super().__init__(MemberName, MemberID, SubscriptionPaid) 
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TypeError: __init__() missing 3 required positional arguments - by Pythonhelp82 - Jan-20-2019, 11:29 AM

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