In the code below why do we have to define self.name, self.age, and self.is_asleep?
Hello!
What you are doing there is you are creating a property of the class with self.name and then setting it to the value that was provided (input_name). This property can have a different value for every instance of the class and can be accessed with instance.property. For example:
class Person:
def __init__(self, name, age):
self.name = name
self.age = age
p1 = Person("John", 36)
print(p1.name) # "John"
print(p1.age) # 36
p2 = Person("Sarah", 34)
print(p1.name) # "Sarah"
print(p1.age) # 34
So these properties are used to store and track information that is specific (and will vary) for different class instances. Another example would be if we had a Dog class, we could have age and breed as properties, as each Dog we create would have a different age and breed.
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