Catch Pokemon

Unit 5 Session 1 (Click for link to problem statements)

U-nderstand

Understand what the interviewer is asking for by using test cases and questions about the problem.

• How do we add a method to a class that modifies one of its attributes?
  • Define the method within the class structure, making sure it appropriately changes the desired attribute.

P-lan

Plan the solution with appropriate visualizations and pseudocode.

General Idea: Extend the Pokemon class by adding a new method catch() which sets the is_caught attribute to True.

1) Define a method `catch` within the Pokemon class that changes `is_caught` to True.
2) This method does not take parameters other than `self` and does not return any value.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

• Not including the self parameter in the method definition.
• Attempting to return a value from a method that should only update an attribute.

I-mplement

class Pokemon():
	def  __init__(self, name, types):
		self.name = name
		self.types = types
		self.is_caught = False
		
	def print_pokemon(self):
    print( {
      "name": self.name,
      "types": self.types,
      "is_caught": self.is_caught
    })
  
  # New code:
  def catch(self):
	  self.is_caught = True