Question

Question 1 (10)
Create a class Student with public member variables: Student name, student number, contact number, ID number. The following specifications are required:
 Add init() method of the class that initializes string member variables to empty strings and numeric values to 0. (2)
 Add the method populate() to the class. The method is used to assign values to the member variables of the class. (2)
 Add the method display() to the class. The method is used to display the member variables of the class. (2)
 Create an instance StudentObj of the class Student in a main program. (2)
 The main program should prompt the user to enter values for five students. The attributes should be assigned to the instance of Student using its populate() method, and must be displayed using the display() method of the instance of Student. (2)

Please make the answer simple and straightforward for a beginner intro to python . Thank you

Answer 1

Here is the completed code for this problem. Comments are included, go through it, learn how things work and let me know if you have any doubts or if you need anything to change. If you are satisfied with the solution, please rate the answer. Thanks

EDIT: Screenshots are added.

#code

#Student class
class Student:
    #constructor initializing student fields to default values
    def __init__(self):
        self.__name='' #string name, ex: John
        self.__number=0 #int number, ex: 100
        self.__contact='' #string contact number, ex: 123-457-9991
        self.__id='' #string id number, ex: ABC112
   
    #method to read data from user and fill the fields of this Student
    def populate(self):
        self.__name=input('Enter name: ')
        self.__number=int(input('Enter student number: '))
        self.__contact=input('Enter contact number: ')
        self.__id=input('Enter ID number: ')
   
    #method to display student's data to console
    def display(self):
        print('Name:',self.__name)
        print('Student number:',self.__number)
        print('Contact number:',self.__contact)
        print('ID number:',self.__id)

    #end of Student class

#main method
def main():
    #creating a Student instance
    studentObj=Student()
    #looping for 5 times
    for i in range(5):
        #populating student's fields
        studentObj.populate()
        #displaying it
        studentObj.display()
        print() #line break

main()

#output

Enter name: Oliver

Enter student number: 1234

Enter contact number: 999-112-123

Enter ID number: ABC1234

Name: Oliver

Student number: 1234

Contact number: 999-112-123

ID number: ABC1234

Enter name: John

Enter student number: 101

Enter contact number: 999-123-101

Enter ID number: ABC1235

Name: John

Student number: 101

Contact number: 999-123-101

ID number: ABC1235

Enter name: Barry

Enter student number: 102

Enter contact number: 999-125-102

Enter ID number: ABC0101

Name: Barry

Student number: 102

Contact number: 999-125-102

ID number: ABC0101

Enter name: Kevin

Enter student number: 103

Enter contact number: 112-112-110

Enter ID number: ABC1236

Name: Kevin

Student number: 103

Contact number: 112-112-110

ID number: ABC1236

Enter name: Jane

Enter student number: 104

Enter contact number: 110-8585-120

Enter ID number: XCV0012

Name: Jane

Student number: 104

Contact number: 110-8585-120

ID number: XCV0012

CODE SCREENSHOT

OUTPUT SCREENSHOT