Define a User class and create user objects

Step 0

Create a new Python file and name it whatever you want. This is where you will write the code that follows.

Step 1

Make a class named User. Add the following attributes to your class (in the __init__() method):

• name
• email
• city
• state

Create two different user instances using your class and save them to variables (something like user1 and user2).

When you run your file, print out f-strings that display info using attributes from each user instance:

Anton lives in Durham, NC.
Cecil lives in San Francisco, CA.

Step 2

Add a __str__ method to your class that displays the identity and attributes of an instance when it is printed.

step 2 example

Say you have a Game class; the __str__ method could look like this (although there are lots of other options!):

def __str__(self):
    return f"<Game score={self.score} tries={self.tries}>"

If you print a game instance with that __str__() method (for example, print(game1)), the output should look like this:

<Game score=0 tries=8>

Step 3

Make a method named location that returns a string listing the user’s city and state (e.g., “Durham, NC”).

Step 4

Add an attribute called is_active to your class. This attribute should have a default value of True.

Then, make another method called deactivate that changes the value of the is_active attribute to False.

Create an instance of a user and test that it works. Try resetting the attribute to True using the assignment operator and checking the value again.

Step 5

Add an attribute called login_count that keeps a count of how many days in a row a user logs in. Its default value should be 0.

Add a method called increment_login_count that adds 1 to the login_count attribute each time it is called and returns the updated count.

Then add a method called reset_login_count that resets the count to 0.

Create an instance of a user and test that this works.