On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Luke Paireepinart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:50 AM, nathan virgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:19 AM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Okay, I'm resurrecting this project. > >> Where is this project code? > > It seems like good code, > It's not. > > > > # Content > > # retrieve data for current room > > room = 1 > > if room == 1: > this is always true because you just set room to 1 right before you > checked the variable. > > desc = "Ahead of you, you see a chasm." > > ques = "Do you wish to try jumping over it? Y/N" > > destYes = 2 > > destNo = 3 > > elif room == 2: > this will never be true, which is why you can't get into the second room. > This whole thing needs to be in a loop. > But this is definitely not the best way to implement this either. > > > desc = "Ahead of you, you see a warty green ogre." > > ques = "Do you wish to eat it? Y/N" > > destYes = 4 > > destNo = 5 > > # etc for the rest of the rooms > He's wiring these rooms together with numbers. The way I'd do it is > to create a Room object with a bunch of different methods, such as > room.print(), room.printDescription(), room.makeChoice(), and such, > and then the rooms would be connected together using data members. > It would be a lot more elegant and less confusing that way. > > > > > # Engine > > # ask current question and move to next room > > print desc > > ans = raw_input(ques).upper() # allow for lower case input > > if ans == "Y": > > room = destYes > > elif ans == "N": > > room = destNo > > elif ans == "north": > > room = destN > > elif ans == "south": > > room = destS > > elif ans == "east": > > room = destE > > elif ans == "west": > > room = destW > > elif ans == "Q": # give us a way out. > > Break > > else: > > print "I don't understand. Can you give a clearer answer?" > > You prompted the user, then retrieved the next room value. > Now we're here, and there's no code left. So it stops here. > > > > but for some reason, it's not letting me go into > > Room 2 (the ogre). > Is it clearer why this isn't working now? > Erm, no, not really. Are you saying I need to take out those last two lines?
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