Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-03 Thread kevin4fong
On Friday, August 2, 2013 10:04:56 PM UTC-7, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/2/2013 10:24 PM, kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at this again, I believe you actually had the structure almost right before. You want to look through *all* of the target players cards and if *none* of them

Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread kevin4fong
I'm trying to create a game of Go Fish in Python. But I've stumbled onto a little problem that I can't seem to figure out how to deal with. There is a human player (player 0) and three computer players (from 1-3). The human player goes first and chooses a target player. And then a card rank

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread MRAB
On 03/08/2013 01:40, kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to create a game of Go Fish in Python. But I've stumbled onto a little problem that I can't seem to figure out how to deal with. There is a human player (player 0) and three computer players (from 1-3). The human player goes first

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread John Ladasky
On Friday, August 2, 2013 5:40:52 PM UTC-7, kevin...@gmail.com wrote: Basically, my code is ignoring the if's and else's. I don't get why. Everything appears to be positioned correctly, but for some odd reason, even after an if, the program also runs the else as well. Look carefully at

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread Terry Reedy
Nonsense: they are executed just as you ask, even though what you ask is not what you meant. On 8/2/2013 8:40 PM, kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: def player_0_hitman(hit): for card in pHands[target_player]: if target_card[0] == card[0]: count =

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread kevin4fong
On Friday, August 2, 2013 6:39:43 PM UTC-7, John Ladasky wrote: On Friday, August 2, 2013 5:40:52 PM UTC-7, kevin...@gmail.com wrote: Basically, my code is ignoring the if's and else's. I don't get why. Everything appears to be positioned correctly, but for some odd reason, even

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread kevin4fong
On Friday, August 2, 2013 6:42:30 PM UTC-7, Terry Reedy wrote: Nonsense: they are executed just as you ask, even though what you ask is not what you meant. On 8/2/2013 8:40 PM, kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: def player_0_hitman(hit): for card in pHands[target_player]:

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 2:44 AM, kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I already know about that. But if I try to change it, I'm not even able to start the program. If I try to change the if statement that it corresponds with, I get a an error saying card is not a global. And if I try to shift

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread Joshua Landau
On 3 August 2013 02:44, kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I already know about that. But if I try to change it, I'm not even able to start the program. If I try to change the if statement that it corresponds with, I get a an error saying card is not a global. And if I try to shift it in, for

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread kevin4fong
On Friday, August 2, 2013 7:11:37 PM UTC-7, Joshua Landau wrote: On 3 August 2013 02:44, kevin...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I already know about that. But if I try to change it, I'm not even able to start the program. If I try to change the if statement that it corresponds with, I get a

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread Dave Angel
kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to create a game of Go Fish in Python. But I've stumbled onto a little problem that I can't seem to figure out how to deal with. snip Please list the program the way you are actually running it. The present one will not run very long before

Re: Python: Code is ignoring the if and else

2013-08-02 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/2/2013 10:24 PM, kevin4f...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at this again, I believe you actually had the structure almost right before. You want to look through *all* of the target players cards and if *none* of them match, (ie the search fails), you want to draw 1 card. What you were missing