From 418a6b9deb6a88dda451c5c74afd0f12d07bd9b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coco3427 <flahertyc@berea.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 13:09:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fixes issue #162

---
 ...bjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx b/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx
index 5f0e4c49..6065bf81 100644
--- a/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx
+++ b/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx
@@ -298,8 +298,22 @@ int main() {
                 <task xml:id="showmethod-py" label="showmethod_py">
                     <title>Python</title>
                     <statement><program interactive="activecode" language="python" label="showmethod_py-prog"><input>
-def show(self):
-  print(self.num,"/",self.den)
+class Fraction:
+
+    def __init__(self,top = 0,bottom = 1):
+
+        self.num = top
+        self.den = bottom
+    def show(self):
+        print(self.num,"/",self.den)
+# main code below
+fraca = Fraction(3,5)
+fracb = Fraction(3)
+fracc = Fraction()# notice no parameters are passed
+# notice print(fraca) will give you an unexpected output
+fraca.show()
+fracb.show()
+fracc.show()
                     </input></program></statement>
                 </task>
             </exploration>

From b49eefa428c0240635b6a866766051e2ef024e98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coco3427 <flahertyc@berea.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 14:38:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixed code to follow best practices

---
 ...jectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx | 32 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx b/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx
index 6065bf81..f0d2368d 100644
--- a/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx
+++ b/pretext/Introduction/ObjectOrientedProgrammingDefiningClasses.ptx
@@ -285,12 +285,16 @@ class Fraction {
 
 int main() {
     Fraction fraca(3, 5);
-    Fraction fracb(3);
-    Fraction fracc; //notice there are no parentheses here.
-    // cout &lt;&lt; fraca &lt;&lt; endl; //uncomment to see error
     fraca.show();
+
+    Fraction fracb(3);
     fracb.show();
+
+    Fraction fracc; //notice there are no parentheses here.
     fracc.show();
+
+    // cout &lt;&lt; fraca &lt;&lt; endl; //uncomment to see error
+
     return 0;
 }
                     </input></program></statement>
@@ -306,14 +310,20 @@ class Fraction:
         self.den = bottom
     def show(self):
         print(self.num,"/",self.den)
-# main code below
-fraca = Fraction(3,5)
-fracb = Fraction(3)
-fracc = Fraction()# notice no parameters are passed
-# notice print(fraca) will give you an unexpected output
-fraca.show()
-fracb.show()
-fracc.show()
+
+def main():
+    fraca = Fraction(3,5)
+    fraca.show()
+
+    fracb = Fraction(3)
+    fracb.show()
+
+    fracc = Fraction()# notice no parameters are passed
+    fracc.show()
+    
+    # notice print(fraca) will give you an unexpected output
+
+main()
                     </input></program></statement>
                 </task>
             </exploration>