Build a Salary Tracker - Step 39

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Someone explain where I make the mistake. Everything looks like how it should.

Your code so far

class Employee:
    _base_salaries = {
        'trainee': 1000,
        'junior': 2000,
        'mid-level': 3000,
        'senior': 4000,
    }

    def __init__(self, name, level):
        self.name = name
        self.level = level
        self.salary = Employee._base_salaries[level]

    def __str__(self):
        return f'{self.name}: {self.level}'

    def __repr__(self):
        return f"Employee('{self.name}', '{self.level}')"

    @property
    def name(self):
        return self._name

    @name.setter
    def name(self, new_name):
        if not isinstance(new_name, str):
            raise TypeError("'name' must be a string.")
        self._name = new_name
        print(f"'name' updated to '{self.name}'.")

    @property
    def level(self):
        return self._level

    @level.setter
    def level(self, new_level):
        if not isinstance(new_level, str):
            raise TypeError("'level' must be a string.")
        if new_level not in Employee._base_salaries:
            raise ValueError(f"Invalid value '{new_level}' for 'level' attribute.")
        if hasattr(self, '_level') and new_level == self.level:
            raise ValueError(f"'{self.level}' is already the selected level.")
        if hasattr(self, '_level') and Employee._base_salaries[new_level] < Employee._base_salaries[self.level]:
            raise ValueError("Cannot change to lower level.")
        print(f"'{self.name}' promoted to '{new_level}'.")
        self.salary = Employee._base_salaries[new_level]
        self._level = new_level

    @property
    def salary(self):
        return self._salary

    @salary.setter
    def salary(self, new_salary):
        if not isinstance(new_salary, (int, float)):
            raise TypeError("'salary' must be a number.")
# User Editable Region
        if hasattr(self, '_level') and new_salary < self.salary:
            raise ValueError(f"Salary must be higher than minimum salary ${_base_salaries[self.level]}")
# User Editable Region
        self._salary = new_salary
        print(f'Salary updated to ${self.salary}.')

charlie_brown = Employee('Charlie Brown', 'trainee')
print(charlie_brown)
print(f'Base salary: ${charlie_brown.salary}')
charlie_brown.level = 'junior'

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Challenge Information:

Build a Salary Tracker - Step 39

GitHub Link: freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-salary-tracker/68cab02fd80a91042c0165b8.md at main · freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp · GitHub

Hi @Hazard,

Isn’t _base_salaries a class attribute? How should we access class attributes?

After your existing if statement, create another one for when the new salary is less than the base salary for the current level.

Is self.salary “the base salary for the current level”?

Happy coding