Exercise 10-04:
Using what we learned with functions, modify the Television class constructor so that channel_min and channel_max are optional parameters, where channel_min defaults to 2 and channel_max defaults to 14.
Answer:
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# File: chapter 10/exercise-10-04.py.py
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class Television:
def __init__(self, min=2, max=14):
self.powered = False
self.channel = min
self.min_channel = min
self.max_channel = max
def channel_down(self):
if self.channel - 1 >= self.min_channel:
self.channel -= 1
else:
self.channel = self.max_channel
def channel_up(self):
if self.channel + 1 <= self.max_channel:
self.channel += 1
else:
self.channel = self.min_channel
tv = Television()
tv.channel_down()
print(tv.channel)
tv.channel_up()
print(tv.channel)