Unbound Method With Instance As First Argument Got String But Requires Something Else

#Maps.py class Maps(object): def __init__(self): self.animals = [] self.currently_occupied = {} def add_animal(self, name): self.animals.append(na

Solution 1:

You need an instance of Maps, not the Maps class:

 maps.Maps.add_animal("Fred") # gives error

 mymap = maps.Map()

 mymap.add_animal("Fred") # should work

So you should either have a mymap attribute on the Animal class, per Animal instance or as a global object (whatever works best for your case).

Solution 2:

You're calling an unbound method, meaning you're accessing a method from a class itself, and not through an instance (so Python doesn't know which instance should be used as self). This code shouldn't give that error as shown, but I assume you're doing something like

maps.Maps.add_animal(rbt)

It's not clear what you're trying to do, or I'd offer a suggestion as to how to fix it.