Objects and lists, python

Question

I'm new to python/pygame. I want to define my own class. This class takes a list within a list and a acceleration function. I want to call these functions in another class so that they can be changed/ manipulated.

This is what i have:

Class baddie():
 def __init__(self):
 self._list=([random.randint(100,210),530])
 def accelaration(self,acc):
 clock=300-(acc)

I then want the baddie class to be called in the space class. So the user can manipulate the two above functions.

Class space():
 b = baddie()
 b.accelaration(203)

I also want the user to be able to call the list which takes a random integer and another number, but I don't understand how.

Any suggestions.

• Nafiul Islam: Whats wrong with your current code?
• kojiro: (FWIW acceleration has two 'e's and one 'a'.)

Answer 1

import random
class baddie():
 def __init__(self):
 self._list=([random.randint(100,210),530])
 def accelaration(self,acc):
 clock=300-(acc)
class space():
 b = baddie()
 b.accelaration(203)
 print b._list # This is how we print the _list
space()

_list is just an instance variable, which holds a tuple. So you can simply access it with b._list

Note: As suggested by kojiro in the comments section, try to change your variable name to something more meaningful to your application than _list. Since you are a beginner, I recommend reading this atleast once http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/.

• kojiro: Technically true, but variable names starting with an underscore are by convention for internal use. So perhaps the fix is to lose the underscore (and use a name other than list) or write a @property getter.
• thefourtheye: @kojiro Added a note in the answer :)