Thanks for the feedback.
Steve, If I set the FPS to a default of say 30, the game seems to run at this
default FPS=30 regardless of the key pressed in the function.
Dave, If I remove the the default value at the start of the function and add it
to elif in the loop I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/callanmooneys/Desktop/Pythoin Programmes/Aliens Game/dodger ver
3 instructons.py", line 139, in <module>
FPS = difficultyLevel()
File "/Users/callanmooneys/Desktop/Pythoin Programmes/Aliens Game/dodger ver
3 instructons.py", line 50, in difficultyLevel
return FPS
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'FPS' referenced before assignment
I wondered if i could set FPS to nether a string or integer and just declare it
by setting FPS=None but I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/callanmooneys/Desktop/Pythoin Programmes/Aliens Game/dodger ver
3 instructons.py", line 301, in <module>
mainClock.tick(FPS)
TypeError: a float is required
Cheers
Ciaran
On 20 Dec 2012, at 21:07, Dave Angel <d...@davea.name> wrote:
> On 12/20/2012 03:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On 21/12/12 07:40, Ciaran Mooney wrote:
>>
>>> def difficultyLevel():
>>> FPS = ''
>>
>> Here you set the variable FPS to the empty string.
>>
>>> if event.type == KEYDOWN:
>>> if event.key == ord('b'):
>>> FPS = 30
>>> elif event.key == ord('m'):
>>> FPS = 70
>>> elif event.key == ord('h'):
>>> FPS = 120
>>
>> These three options set FPS to an integer value. But notice that if
>> the user
>> does not press one of the b m or h keys, FPS never gets changed so it
>> still
>> has the initial value of the empty string.
>>
>>> return FPS
>>>
>>> The function is then called and FPS converted too a integer value in
>>> the main game loop as follows:
>>
>>> FPS = int(difficultyLevel())
>>
>>> However I keep getting the following error:
>>>
>>> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
>>
>> There are three possible values that difficultyLevel() may return:
>>
>> * if the user hits the 'h' key, it returns the integer value 120;
>> * if the user hits the 'm' key, it returns the integer value 70;
>> * if the user hits the 'b' key, it returns the integer value 30;
>> * otherwise, it returns the empty string.
>>
>> Three of the four values are already ints and don't need to be converted;
>> the fourth cannot be converted because it is not a numeric string.
>>
>> To fix this, change the line FPS = '' to a default integer value,
>> say, FPS = 30.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Or even better, remove that default value and add an else clause to the
> if/elif/elif section. That way it's all in one place, and it's more
> obvious that the return value will always be an int.
>
> And of course you can remove the int() call on the line
> FPS = int( difficultyLevel() )
> becomes
> FPS = difficultyLevel()
>
> BTW, when quoting an error, please include the whole traceback, not just
> one line of it. Here it was obvious, but many times other parts will be
> very useful, or even essential.
>
>
>
> --
>
> DaveA
>
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