need help solving this python coding:

Question

keep getting this code incorrect:

Write the definition of a class ContestResult containing:
An instance variable winner of type String, initialized to the empty String.
An instance variable second_place of type String, initialized to the empty String.
An instance variable third_place of type String, initialized to the empty String.
A method called set_winner that has one parameter, whose value it assigns to the instance variable winner.
A method called set_second_place that has one parameter, whose value it assigns to the instance variable second_place.
A method called set_third_place that has one parameter, whose value it assigns to the instance variable third_place.
A method called get_winner that has no parameters and that returns the value of the instance variable winner.
A method called get_second_place that has no parameters and that returns the value of the instance variable second_place.
A method called get_third_place that has no parameters and that returns the value of the instance variable third_place.
No constructor need be defined.

Answer 1

I am not sure i get what the "No constructor need  be defined" means in this context. I don't see anyway to meet the other requirements without a __init__. Other than that this should be what your were looking for:

class ContestResult:
def __init__(self):
self.winner = ""
self.second_place = ""
self.third_place = ""
def set_winner(self, winner):
self.winner = winner
def set_second_place(self, second_place):
self.second_place = second_place
def set_third_place(self, third_place):
self.third_place = third_place
def get_winner(self):
return self.winner;
def get_second_place(self):
return self.second_place
def get_third_place(self):
return self.third_place