Creating objects based on user input

Question

I have a couple of questions. The code below doesn\'t run because I\'ve specified three arguments to the __init__ method and the make_dog function retu

Answer 1

Yes, you can do this, but you have to use the ** operator to convert the dict to an argument list.

d = Dog(**make_dog())

Please see What does ** (double star) and * (star) do for Python parameters? for further info.

Also see Unpacking Argument Lists in the official Python tutorial.

Answer 2

Your function returns a dicitionary and class should takie argunents. Use

**dict or **func()

in a new object call

Answer 3

As written, the class can't unpack your dictionary. You could replace this line

d = Dog(make_dog())

With

user_dog = make_dog()
d = Dog(user_dog['name'], user_dog['colour'], user_dog['sex']

That said, it's kind of messy. You probably shouldn't even bother with the dictionary in the first place. And you should probably create the dog object within the function.