Class Strings and print functions

Question

I'm working on a text based game and I've done this so far:

class Map():
    room1 = ('sampletext')

print(Map(room1))

but then i get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/Text.py", line 3, in <module>
    print(Map(room1))
NameError: name 'room1' is not defined

and I don't understand why the string from the variable isn't being printed because i am calling the class, but it says that the variable isn't recognized as a variable in the code. I want feedback so I can finish up this game.

Why do you have () around 'sampletext'? If you're trying to make a tuple with one element, you need a comma: ('sampletext',). — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 23:08

U13-Forward · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-06 23:06:37Z

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Try this:

class Map():
    room1 = ('sampletext')

print(Map.room1)

Output:

sampletext

answered Jun 6, 2018 at 23:06

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Prune · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-06 23:30:22Z

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The main problem is that you can't call a class. You can call a class method, or call a method on an instance of the class. The syntax

Map(room1)

attempts to create an instance (object) of Map, given the initialization argument room1, which should be a local variable.

With the class definition you've given, I think that the proper syntax is

print(Map.room1)

which references the value of the class attribute room1.

answered Jun 6, 2018 at 23:30

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