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I am getting an AttributeError in python and I cannot figure out why. I am a newb to Python so the bar is not very high for stumping me. I keep getting the error message:

print('Name:',emp.get_emp_name())

AttributeError: 'ProductionWorker' object has no attribute 'get_emp_name'

Here is my code:

class Employee:
    def __init__(self, name, number):
        self.__name = name
        self.__number = number

    #set methods
    def set_name(self,name):
        self.__name = name
    def set_number(self,number):
        self.__number = number

    #get methods    
    def get_name(self):
        return self.__name
    def get_number(self):
        return self.__number


class ProductionWorker(Employee):
    def __init__(self, name, number, shift_num, pay_rate):
        Employee.__init__(self, name, number)
        self.__shift_num = shift_num
        self.__pay_rate = pay_rate

    #set methods
    def set_shift_num(self,shift_num):
        self.__shift_num = shift_num
    def set_pay_rate(self,pay_rate):
        self.__pay_rate = pay_rate

    #get methods    
    def get_shift_num(self):
        return self.__shift_num
    def get_pay_rate(self):
        return self.__pay_rate

def main():
    print('Please enter the following details.')
    name = input('Name:')
    number = input('Employee Number:')
    sh = input('Shift Number:')
    pay_rate = input('Pay Rate:')
    emp = ProductionWorker(name, number, sh, pay_rate)

    print('Here is the employee information:')
    print('Name:',emp.get_emp_name())
    print('Employee Number:',emp.get_emp_number())
    print('Shift Number:',emp.get_shift_num())
    print('Pay Rate:',emp.get_pay_rate())

main()
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  • 4
    Probably, you should call emp.get_name() Commented Apr 19, 2017 at 5:36
  • add the erro to the question Commented Apr 19, 2017 at 5:36
  • Defining getters and setters is unnecessary in python. Commented Apr 19, 2017 at 5:38
  • @jordanm Isn't it still a good idea though? Commented Apr 19, 2017 at 5:41
  • @BobbyBrown No. Commented Apr 19, 2017 at 13:09

2 Answers 2

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An object can call only the methods defined in its own class definition or the method defined in its parent class.

Here, you are calling a method get_emp_name() which is neither defined in the class ProductionWorker nor in its parent class Employee.

You can change it to:

print('Name:',emp.get_name())
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change this two:

print('Name:',emp.get_emp_name())
 print('Employee Number:',emp.get_emp_number())

to:

print('Name:',emp.get_name())
 print('Employee Number:',emp.get_number())

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