🏈 Inheritance in Python: Building NFL Madden Player Classes

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🏈 Inheritance in Python: Building NFL Madden Player Classes#

The Madden NFL video game franchise has been a staple for football fans for decades. Each player in the game has unique attributes and abilities, but all players share common characteristics like name, position, and rating.

In Python, inheritance allows us to model this by creating a base Player class and extending it into specialized player types like Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers, and Defensive Linemen.

Let’s explore how inheritance helps us organize player attributes and skills in Madden NFL using Python classes!

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Question 1 (Points: 15.0): 🏈 Free Response: Create an Inheritance Structure for Madden NFL Players#

Implement a class hierarchy for Madden NFL players:

  • Create a base class Player with:

    • name (str) and rating (int).

    • A method describe() that prints player details. It should print Player: <name>, Rating: <rating>, where the <name> and <rating> are the player’s attributes.

  • Create a subclass Quarterback that:

    • Inherits from Player.

    • Adds a throwing_power attribute.

    • Overrides describe() to include throwing_power. To do this, you need to call super on the describe() method of the parent class.

Example Usage#

qb = Quarterback("Lamar Jackson", 91, 96)
qb.describe()

Expected Output:

Player: Lamar Jackson, Rating: 91
Throwing Power: 96

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# Example usage
qb = Quarterback("Lamar Jackson", 91, 96)
qb.describe()

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