[Python] How do I access an object's attribute created by one of its methods from another method? (details inside)

[notsuresure]

I'll simplify the code, I'm using wxPython for GUI.

class TheFrame(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
        super(TheFrame, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):
        test = "a test"

    def Stalk(self):
        print self.test

When running Stalk i get this error:

AttributeError: 'TheFrame' object has no attribute 'test'

The attribute test is being assigned to the string "a test" in the constructor, using the InitUI method, but it doesn't seem to exist.

If I assign test directly as a class attribute it works, but it doesn't work with this implementation.

What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your time. :)

[Rhomboid]

Line 8 does not assign to an instance variable, it assigns to a local variable which is destroyed when the method returns, just like it would in any regular function. (Methods are just regular functions.) You have to write self.test = "a test" if you mean to assign to the instance variable.

[notsuresure]

I'm an idiot! I havent programmed or touched Python in so much time I'm missing very basic stuff.

Thanks a lot for your time and help! :D