Getting NameError when calling function in constructor

Question

I ran the code below, by calling the function in the constructor

First --

>>> class PrintName:
...    def __init__(self, value):
...      self.         


        

Answer 1

You need to call self.printName since your function is a method belonging to the PrintName class.

Or, since your printname function doesn't need to rely on object state, you could just make it a module level function.

class PrintName:
    def __init__(self, value):
        self._value = value
        printName(self._value)

def printName(value):
    for c in value:
    print c