TypeError. Is "self" an argument?

[sdx231]

I've had some experince with Object-Oriented Programming before on C++, but now I'm trying to uderstand how it works on Python.
So... I need help.

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init python:

    max = 100

    class Check(renpy.Displayable):

        def __init__(self, xpos, ypos):
            super(Check, self).__init__()
            self.posx = xpos
            self.posy = ypos

screen scr_strmg():
    imagebutton align(0.5,0.6):
        idle "button/button1.png" #draws idle button
        selected "button/button2.png" #draws pressed button
        action Notify("...")
    add "gaugage/gaugage.png" align(0.5,0.25) #draws gaugage
    add Check("check/check.png"):
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.15

The message I get:

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While running game code:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 12, in script
    $renpy.call_screen("scr_strmg")
  File "game/script.rpy", line 12, in <module>
    $renpy.call_screen("scr_strmg")
  File "game/strength_v1.rpy", line 23, in execute
    screen scr_strmg():
  File "game/strength_v1.rpy", line 23, in execute
    screen scr_strmg():
  File "game/strength_v1.rpy", line 30, in execute
    add Check("check/check.png"):
TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 3 arguments (2 given)

[hell_oh_world]

Your constructor init accepts 2 parameters xpos and ypos and when you created an instance of it in the screen you only passed one which is the string name of the image. Also, the Displayable class requires you to override its methods including render and event, look into the docs about Creator Defined Displayables for more info. self is an argument placeholder for the instance it self, so your class methods should always have one argument atleast where the instance is passed first once created. The error says your constructor requires 3 arguments, self, xpos and ypos, the instance itself is passed first to the self arg, then the remaining 2 are for you to provide. You can consider self as the `this` keyword, if you're from another language, etc.
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/udd.html ... isplayable

[sdx231]

Now I get it. Thank you.
I'll check the docs again.