What am I missing?

Question

I'm learning about encapsulation and need to use a protected and private variable. When I run it, it tells me "protected() is undefined" I know it's probably the smallest thing, but can't quite figure it out, any help would be appreciated.

class User:
     _name = ""
     __id = 0

     def Info(self, _name, __id):
         self._name = _name
         self.__id = __id

     def protected(self,User):
        self._name = "Peaches"

     def Private(self):
         self.__id = 1234

     def getPrivate(self):
         self.__id = 0
         print(self.__id)

     def setPrivate(self, id):
         self.__id = id

obj = Protected()
obj.getPrivate()
obj.setPrivate(1234)
obj.getPrivate()
 

Answer 1

protected() is a method, not a function. So you have to create an instance of the User class first and then call its method.

Answer 2

I see now, thank you so much!