Function not working correctly in python script

Question

Question I want to compare a full name with the persons initials but, for some reason I keep getting this error. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

#check.py", line 27, in check_fn a = self.my_name AttributeError: 'Check' object has no attribute 'my_name' 

 import re 
 class Check(object): 
 def __init__(self, word): 
 self.word = word 
 def abbr(self): 
 e = self.word 
 w = self.word[:1] 
 lens = len(self.word) 
 last = self.word[-1:] 
 all = '%s%s%s' %(w, lens, last) 
 key_a = [] 
 key_b = [] 
 app_a = key_a.append(e) 
 app_b = key_b.append(all) 
 dictonary = dict(zip(key_a, key_b)) 
 self.check_fn(e, all) 
 return dictonary 
 def check_fn(self, my_name, intials): 
 a = self.my_name 
 b = self.intials 
 list_a = [] 
 list_b = [] 
 aa = list_a.append(a) 
 bb = list_b.append(b) 
 for element in list_a: 
 m = re.match("(^['%s' %(list_b)]\d)", element) 
 if m: 
 print(m.groups()) 

• YOBA: in check_fn method, you are affecting self.my_name to "a", but my_name is not an attribute of check class

Answer 1

you've never defined self.my_name (or self.intials for that matter).

your code:

 a = self.my_name 
 b = self.intials 

did you want to have this code?

 a = my_name 
 b = intials 

• Snowman08: Thank you for your answer what I want to do is pass the two variables in my check_fn function. so basically take e variable which is self.word then take all variable which is the initial and then pass it into my check_fn to see if any letters match. @DomTomCat

Answer 2

'self' points to the object of same class. Here my_name and initials are not defined in the class 'check'.

a = my_name 
b = intials 

As these parameters are passed through the function, the above snippet will work for you.

Answer 3

It's raising AttributeError because in the you haven't declared self.my_name or self.initials therefore your Check class hasn't got an attribute called my_name.