TypeError：缺少1个必需的位置参数：’self’

I am new to python and have hit a wall. I followed several tutorials but cant get past the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Dom\Desktop\test\test.py", line 7, in <module>
    p = Pump.getPumps()
TypeError: getPumps() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self'

I examined several tutorials but there doesn’t seem to be anything different from my code. The only thing I can think of is that python 3.3 requires different syntax.

main scipt:

# test script

from lib.pump import Pump

print ("THIS IS A TEST OF PYTHON") # this prints

p = Pump.getPumps()

print (p)

Pump class:

import pymysql

class Pump:

    def __init__(self):
        print ("init") # never prints


    def getPumps(self):
                # Open database connection
                # some stuff here that never gets executed because of error

If I understand correctly “self” is passed to the constructor and methods automatically. What am I doing wrong here?

I am using windows 8 with python 3.3.2

You need to instantiate a class instance here.

Use

p = Pump()
p.getPumps()

Small example –

>>> class TestClass:
        def __init__(self):
            print("in init")
        def testFunc(self):
            print("in Test Func")


>>> testInstance = TestClass()
in init
>>> testInstance.testFunc()
in Test Func

You need to initialize it first:

p = Pump().getPumps()

Works and is simpler than every other solution I see here :

Pump().getPumps()

This is great if you don’t need to reuse a class instance. Tested on Python 3.7.3.

You can also get this error by prematurely taking PyCharm’s advice to annotate a method @staticmethod. Remove the annotation.

The self keyword in Python is analogous to this keyword in C++ / Java / C#.

In Python 2 it is done implicitly by the compiler (yes Python does compilation internally). It’s just that in Python 3 you need to mention it explicitly in the constructor and member functions. example:

 class Pump():
 //member variable
 account_holder
 balance_amount

   // constructor
   def __init__(self,ah,bal):
   |    self.account_holder = ah
   |    self.balance_amount = bal

   def getPumps(self):
   |    print("The details of your account are:"+self.account_number + self.balance_amount)

 //object = class(*passing values to constructor*)
 p = Pump("Tahir",12000)
 p.getPumps()