Can't get function within object to display value

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hey guys I'm currently learning oop but I'm having a bit of trouble with accessing values which I create or add to a object, currently I can't work out how to get the value stored within getAge

from datetime import date


class Person:
def __init__(self, name, dob, cob):
    self.name = name
    self.dob = dob
    self.cob = cob

def setName(self, name):
    self.name = name

def getAge(self):
    today = date.today()
    birthYear = int(self.dob[6:]) + 2000
    age = today.year - birthYear
    return age

  


p1 = Person('Jane', '22/06/02', 'England')

p1.setName("Joe")
print(p1.name)

print(Person.getAge)
oop function object python
2 Answers

I don't understand why you print Person.getAge, it's a method of Person.

getAge is a method and not static not, so you need use p1.getAge() istead of Person.getAge to get the age value.

YD Zhou0

The method getAge only makes sense when using it on an instance of the Person ss. In your case print(p1.getAge()) to activate the method.

You could also add the @propery decorator above the method to avoid the parentheses as the method doesn't require any arguments.

Johan Tuls0
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