IT 117: Intermediate Scripting

IT 117: Intermediate Scripting
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To create a new kind of object, what must you define?
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a class
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What do you call the special method that is used to create an object?
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constructor
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In Python what must the special method used to create an object be named?
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__init__
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What do you call an object that is created from a class?
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an instance
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Every method in a class must take a certain parameter. What is this parameter?
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self
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What two kinds of things do you define inside a class?
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variables and methods
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If I were writing a method in a class and wanted to set the value of the variable inside the class named count to zero, what Python statement would I write?
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self.count = 0
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If I had a variable named loan_1 that pointed to an object which contained the variable principle and I wanted to set the value of this variable to 1000, what Python statement would I write?
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loan_1.principle = 1000
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Do constructors have a return statement?
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no
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Write a constructor method for the class Car that sets the following attributes

manufacturer
model
year
color

def __init__(self, manufacturer, model, year, color):
          self.manufacturer = manufacturer
          self.model       = model
          self.year        = year
          self.color       = color