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TypeError: Missing 1 required positional argument: “self”

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Michael Zippo Michael Zippo

I can"t get past the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:UsersDomDesktop	est	est.py", line 7, in <module>
    p = Pump.getPumps()
TypeError: getPumps() missing 1 required positional argument: "self"

I examined several tutorials but there doesn"t seem to be anything different from my code. The only thing I can think of is that Python 3.3 requires different syntax.

class Pump:

    def __init__(self):
        print("init") # never prints

    def getPumps(self):
        # Open database connection
        # some stuff here that never gets executed because of error
        pass  # dummy code

p = Pump.getPumps()

print(p)

If I understand correctly, self is passed to the constructor and methods automatically. What am I doing wrong here?