Nameerror: name self is not defined ( Solved )

Are you getting Nameerror: name self is not defined error? Then this post is for you. In this tutorial you will know why this error comes and how to solve it easily using various solutions.

What is NameError ?

NamerError is an error that most of the coders get when they aare using funcions or variables without defining in their code. They also get this error when they dont import module that defines variable or constrcutor.

Why Nameerror: name self is not defined Error occurs ?

The root cause for this error is that you may be using the self keywords in the context where it has not been defined. For example you must be using the self outside a class method.

You will get the error when you will run the below lines of code.

class MyClass:
      # class code
self.some_attribute = 10

Output

Solve Nameerror: name self is not defined

The solution for this error is very simple. The error was coming as you were initializing the attribute of the class using the self outside the class. Therefor you have to assign the value to the arributes inside the scope of the class not the outside the scope of the class.

Now you will run the following lines of code then you will not get the error.

class MyClass:
    def f1(self):
        self.some_attribute = 10

Output

You may also get the same error due to the following reasons.

You may have forget to include the self as the parameted to the function inside the class.
Using the self outside the class . It is not allowed in oops concept.
You may also get the error when you are using the self method without creating instance of the class.

Conclusion

In most of the cases coders get Nameerror: name self is not defined error when they are not passing the self arguments to the function defined in the class. If you are getting the Nameerror: name self is not defined error then the above solution will solve it.

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