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Python

My moves aren't being recognized as variables. I've checked it against the code in the video multiple times but am stuck

import random

CELLS = [(0,0), (0,1), (0,2),
         (1,0), (1,1), (1,2),
         (2,0), (2,1), (2,2)]

def get_locations():
    monster = random.choice(CELLS)
    door = random.choice(CELLS)
    start = random.choice(CELLS)

    if monster == door or door == start or monster == start:
        return get_locations()

    return monster, door, start


def move_player(player, move):
    x,y = player
    if move == 'LEFT':
        y -= 1
    elif move == 'RIGHT':
        y += 1
    elif move == 'UP':
        x += 1
    elif move == 'DOWN':
        x -= 1

    return x,y

def get_moves(player):
    moves = ['LEFT', 'RIGHT', 'UP', 'DOWN']
    if player[1] == 0:
        moves.remove('LEFT')
    if player[1] == 2:
        moves.remove('RIGHT')
    if player[0] == 0:
        moves.remove('UP')
    if player[0] == 2:
        moves.remove('DOWN')

    return moves

print("Welcome to the dungeon!")
monster, door, player = get_locations()

while True:
    moves = get_moves(player)

    print("You are currently in room {}.".format(player))
    print("You can move {}.".format(moves))
    print("Enter QUIT to quit.")

    move = input("> ")
    move = move.upper()

    if move == 'QUIT':
        break

    if move in moves:
        player = move_player(player, move)
    else:
        print("***Walls are hard, quit running into them!***")
        continue
    if player == door:
        print("You escaped!")
        break
    elif player == monster:
        print("You were too young to die!")
        break

1 Answer

When you say your moves aren't being recognized as variables what exactly do you mean? What behaviours are you witnessing? Are you getting an error message? When I attempted to run your code, I initially received an AttributeError when I typed 'quit' and a NameError when I typed any other move. If that is your experience, check your python version. The videos teach python 3.x, but if your python version is 2.x (which is still the default for most systems) you will need to either use 'raw_input' instead of 'input' or upgrade your python.

Thanks! Updating Python fixed it.