AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'display' in python

Question

Error comes when i call the display function using class object What should i do to overcome this ??

class A:

    def __init__(self, fname, lname, age):
        self.fname = fname
        self.lname = lname
        self.age = age

    def disply(self):
        fp = open("abc","r")

        for lines in fp:
            temp = lines.split(", ")[-1]
        fp.close()

        print a

a = [A("Taylor","Launter",22), A("James","bond",40)]
a.display()

You might want to rename `def disply(self):` to `def display(self):` — thefourtheye, Oct 19 '13 at 05:56
@GajGaj That alone will not solve the problem. Please look at my answer below. — thefourtheye, Oct 19 '13 at 06:01

TerryA · Answer 1 · 2013-10-19T10:29:48.907

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You have a list of instances called a. a isn't the instance/s, it's a list.

You probably meant to do:

for myobject in a:
    myobject.disply() # Note "disply" instead of "display"

edited Oct 19 '13 at 10:29

answered Oct 19 '13 at 05:51

TerryA

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Surely you meant myobject.disply() ? Your code has the same problem as the OP. – Ben Oct 19 '13 at 10:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '13 at 05:50

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a = [A("Taylor","Launter",22), A("James","bond",40)]
a.display()

Now a is a list. Lists in python dont have display method.

What you might actually have wanted to do is to invoke display method of the object of A. If that is the case, you might want to do something like this

for currentObject in [A("Taylor","Launter",22), A("James","bond",40)]:
    currentObject.display()

Edit Your display method doesnt make any sense to me.

answered Oct 19 '13 at 05:50

thefourtheye

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I am jus checking what comes – Gaj Gaj Oct 19 '13 at 06:04

AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'display' in python

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