'int' object is not callable error python

Question

Hey guys so I am getting this "TypeError: 'int' object is not callable" error when I run this code, I did some research and I think it's something with my variable naming? Could someone please explain to me what is wrong?

class account(object):
    def set(self, bal):
        self.balance = bal
    def balance(self):
        return balance

Here is my example run:

>>> a = account()
>>> a.set(50)
>>> a.balance()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#12>", line 1, in <module>
    a.balance()
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable

Where exactly is the error pointing to?

Aswin Murugesh
– Aswin Murugesh

2013-04-05 19:25:55 +00:00
Commented Apr 5, 2013 at 19:25 — Aswin Murugesh
– Aswin Murugesh, Commented Apr 5, 2013 at 19:25

Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-05 19:24:28Z

13

You are masking your method balance with a instance attribute balance. Rename one or the other. You could rename the instance attribute by pre-pending it with an underscore for example:

def set(self, bal):
    self._balance = bal

def balance(self):
    return self._balance

Attributes on the instance trump those on the class (except for data descriptors; think propertys). From the Class definitions documentation:

Variables defined in the class definition are class attributes; they are shared by instances. Instance attributes can be set in a method with self.name = value. Both class and instance attributes are accessible through the notation “self.name”, and an instance attribute hides a class attribute with the same name when accessed in this way.

answered Apr 5, 2013 at 19:24

Martijn Pieters

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