Trying to create a child class in Python 2.7

[mac77]

I appreciate any help - Using Python 2.7 -->
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Error --->

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/meldejesus/Desktop/New_stuff/Code/newApps/Python_experiments/class.py", line 28, in <module>
cat1 = Cat("Fuzz")
TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

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I appreciate any help - Using Python 2.7 -->
Also, it's unclear to me how to format code on this site -

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class Dog(object): def __init__(self, name): self.name = name self.age = 6 def age_update(self, age_update): self.age+=age_update print("new age: " + str(self.age)) def speak (self): print("My name is "+ self.name + "and I'm "+ str(self.age))   class Cat(Dog): #connects it to above def __init__(self, lives): # connects to what it will create super(Cat, self).__init__(name) self.lives=CatNature()     class CatNature(): def __init__(self, lives=9): self.lives=lives     def show_lives(self): print("This cat has " + str(self.lives) + " lives")     cat1 = Cat("Fuzz") print ("Cat's name is " + cat1.name + " and " + str(cat1.age))   cat1.lives.show_lives()

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/meldejesus/Desktop/New_stuff/Code/newApps/Python_experiments/class.py", line 28, in <module>
cat1 = Cat("Fuzz")
TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

[nilamo]

Those two snippets of code are different, and the second one shouldn't be giving that error.  So... either post the code you're running, or the error you're getting :p

Look at the definition of Cat.  In the second code block, it takes a second parameter, how many lives it has.  In the first code block, Cat didn't accept any extra parameters, which is why it was failing.

If anything, the error you should be getting would be a NameError for using a variable that wasn't defined.