Why am I getting AttributeError: Object has no attribute [closed]

Answer 1

These kind of bugs are common when Python multi-threading. What happens is that, on interpreter tear-down, the relevant module (myThread in this case) goes through a sort-of del myThread.

The call self.sample() is roughly equivalent to myThread.__dict__["sample"](self). But if we're during the interpreter's tear-down sequence, then its own dictionary of known types might've already had myThread deleted, and now it's basically a NoneType - and has no 'sample' attribute.

Answer 2

This may also occur if your using slots in class and have not added this new attribute in slots yet.

class xyz(object):
"""
class description

"""

__slots__ = ['abc', 'ijk']

def __init__(self):
   self.abc = 1
   self.ijk = 2
   self.pqr = 6 # This will throw error 'AttributeError: <name_of_class_object> object has no attribute 'pqr'

Answer 3

The same error occurred when I had another variable named mythread. That variable overwrote this and that's why I got error

Answer 4

Your indentation is goofed, and you've mixed tabs and spaces. Run the script with python -tt to verify.

Answer 5

If you’re using python 3+ this may also occur if you’re using private variables that start with double underscore, e.g., self.__yourvariable. Just something to take note of for some of you who may run into this issue.

Answer 6

You can't access outside private fields of a class. private fields are starting with __ . for example -

class car:
    def __init__(self):
        self.__updatesoftware()

    def drive(self):
        print("driving")

    def __updatesoftware(self):
        print("updating software:")

obj = car()
obj.drive()  
obj.__updatesoftware()  ## here it will throw an error because 

__updatesoftware is an private method.