Ben,
If you change example #b to:
for s in SkillNames:
skill = Skill()
skill.setName(s)
print skill.getName()
You will find that the results are the same as #a. In your #b example,
you are giving setName() the skill instance instead of the string you
intended.
--Shuying
On 1/19/06, Ben Vinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been reading about how a class has access to its
> own 'self', so I tried the following, but it is not
> working as I would expect:
>
> class Skill:
> def __init__(self):
> self.history = []
>
> def setName(self, skill):
> self.name = skill
>
> def getName(self):
> return self.name
>
> # Assigning data to my class:
>
> SkillNames = [r'python', r'apache', r'mysql']
>
> #a.)
> python = Skill()
> python.setName('python')
> print python.getName()
>
> #b.)
> for s in SkillNames:
> s = Skill()
> s.setName(s)
> print s.getName()
>
> Why does a work and b not?
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