class Student:

  def __init__(self,name,hours,qpoints):
    self.name = name
    self.hours = float(hours)
    self.qpoints = float(qpoints)

  def getName(self):
    return self.name

  def getHours(self):
    return self.hours

  def getQPoints(self):
    return self.qpoints

  def getGPA(self):
    return self.qpoints / self.hours

def makeStudent(line):
  """ creates an instance of class Student;
  line is a line from the file formatted as
  LastName, FirstName  hours  qpoints """
  
  name, hours, qpoints = line.split("  ")

  return Student(name,hours,qpoints)