Can't access parent member variable in Python

Question

I\'m trying to access a parent member variable from an extended class. But running the following code...

class Mother(object):
    def __init__(self):
        se         


        

Answer 1

You want the instance attribute, not the class attribute, so you should use self._haircolor.

Also, you really should use super in the __init__ in case you decide to change your inheritance to Father or something.

class Child(Mother):
    def __init__(self): 
        super(Child, self).__init__()
    def print_haircolor(self):
        print self._haircolor

Answer 2

You're mixing up class and instance attributes.

print self._haircolor