In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Christopher Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I run the program, I get the following error [snip]
The simple mechanical error is that when you're substituting more than
one value, you need to wrap the value list in parens:
print "%s, I want, %s please! " % (Employee.name, food.foodName)
(from Customer.placeOrder())
At this point your program, as written, gives the expected output. There
is a more serious conceptual error, though. In your various __init__()
methods, you are assigning the name attribute of the *class*, rather
than the name of the *instance*.
That is, you are saying "the name of all employees is Dave" rather than
"the name of this employee is Dave."
class Employee:
def __init__(self, name):
Employee.name = name # <-- assigns class attribute (name of all
Employees)
To illustrate, try running this as your __main__:
if __name__ == '__main__':
meal = Lunch()
meal.order('Chris', 'spam')
# next line shouldn't replace Dave, but it does
firedEmployee = Employee("Bill")
meal.order('Jake', 'eggs')
In your __init__() methods, you should assign to self instead of to the
class. For example:
class Employee:
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name # <-- assigns instance attribute (this
Employee's name)
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