text adventure game problem

[corvettecraz92 at gmail.com]

On Apr 8, 9:55 pm, André <andre.robe... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 8, 10:44 pm, corvettecra... at gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 8, 9:25 pm, André <andre.robe... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Apr 8, 10:01 pm, corvettecra... at gmail.com wrote:
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> > > > okay, I'm having this one problem with a text adventure game. It's
> > > > kind of hard to explain, but I'll do my best.
> > > > [code]
>
> > > > def prompt_kitchen():
> > > >     global gold
> > > >     gold_taken = False
> > > >     while True:
> > > >         prompt_kit = raw_input('>')
> > > >         if prompt_kit == 'examine cabinet 1' and not gold_taken:
> > > >             print '''This cabinet has a lot of cups in it with all
> > > > different
> > > > designs and shapes. Where are the people anyway? How come there's
> > > > nobody here?
> > > > In one of the cups you find 8 gold.'''
> > > >             gold = gold+8
> > > >             gold_taken = True
> > > >             pass4()
> > > >         elif prompt_kit == 'examine cabinet 1' and gold_taken:
> > > >             print \
> > > >                   '''This cabinet has a lot of cups in it with all
> > > > different
> > > > designs and shapes. Where are the people anyway? How come there's
> > > > nobody here?'''
> > > >             pass4()
>
> > > > def pass4():
> > > >     global gold
> > > >     print 'You have', gold, 'gold'
> > > >     pass
> > > > [/code]
>
> > > > Okay, now for my problem.
> > > > In the above function, there's the option to examine a cabinet and get
> > > > 8 gold. (everyone here knows that...but I'm just trying to state my
> > > > problem...)
> > > > Unfortunately, it kind of doesn't work.
> > > > After the first time I 'examine cabinet 1' in my game, I get 8 gold
> > > > and I can't get it again.
> > > > But, If I leave the room and come back to it, then it's as if I had
> > > > never gotten the gold the first time, and I can get it again.
> > > > How do I fix this?
>
> > > quick guess: define gold_taken as a global variable and initialize it
> > > outside of the function.
>
> > > Warning: avoid global variables if at all possible.
>
> > > ;-)
> > > André
>
> > Here's a sample code that, in fact, does work. In this code, when run,
> > I can only get the gold once.
>
> > def prompt_house():
> >     global gold
> >     gold_taken = False
> >     while True:
> >         prompt_hou = raw_input('>')
> >         if prompt_hou == 'examine table' and not gold_taken:
> >             print \
> >                   '''There are a lot of car magazines here.
> > You flip through them and find 5 gold.
> > '''
> >             gold = gold+5
> >             gold_taken = True
> >         elif prompt_hou == 'go west':
> >             # this gets you out of the loop
>
> The above comment is wrong.
>
> >             go_west()
> >             # more elif choices here ...
> >         elif prompt_hou == 'examine table' and gold_taken:
> >             print '''There are a lot of car magazines here.'''
> >             go_west()
> > def go_west():
> > # just a dummy funk
> >     global gold
> >     print gold
> >     pass
>
> The "pass" statement is redundant.
>
> >                 # test
> > gold = 0
> > prompt_house()
>
> > But what's the difference between this and the one that I posted?
>
> It is hard to say as you are not posting the entire code.  As I
> indicated above, you wrote a comment indicating that a given choice
> was taking you out of the loop - which could only happen through a
> break statement.  You may want to post a ("small") code sample that
> can be run by itself and reproduces the problem behaviour you
> observe.  The sample you posted include infinite loops with no way to
> get out, so your original claim that you could leave the room and come
> back is highly suspicious ;-)
>
> André

Here ya go...this is an excerpt from my main code, with an example
room added on.
gold = 0
def kitchen():
    print 'you have', gold, 'gold'
    print '''You are in the kitchen of the house. There is a lot of
cooking
equipment here, along with 3 cabinets, a food pantry, and a drawer. At
the far end of the
room is an icebox and a stove. To the south there is a living room,
and to
the east is a den.'''
    print
    prompt_kitchen()
def prompt_kitchen():
    global gold
    gold_taken = False
    while True:
        prompt_kit = raw_input('>')
        if prompt_kit == 'examine cabinet 1' and not gold_taken:
            print '''This cabinet has a lot of cups in it with all
different
designs and shapes. Where are the people anyway? How come there's
nobody here?
In one of the cups you find 8 gold.'''
            gold = gold+8
            gold_taken = True
            pass4()
        elif prompt_kit == 'examine cabinet 1' and gold_taken:
            print \
                  '''This cabinet has a lot of cups in it with all
different
designs and shapes. Where are the people anyway? How come there's
nobody here?'''
            pass4()

        elif prompt_kit == 'south':
            extra_room()

def extra_room():
    print 'you have', gold, 'gold'
    print 'This is a dead end room. Go north.'
    kitchen()

def pass4():
    global gold
    print 'You have', gold, 'gold'
    pass

kitchen()