def generateCourses(self): courses = Coordinator.coursesDb for cour in courses: name = cour.course classes = (cour.classes).split(",") course = Course(name) for c in classes: req = c[0:c.find("(")] duration = float(c[c.find("(") + 1:c.find(")")]) course.addClass(req, duration) self.courses.append(course)