Python Madlibs.py code and error message

[Cai Gengyang]

I changed it to all lowercase, this time I get a different error message though (a TypeError message) 


# This program does the following ... writes a Mad Libs story 

# Author: Cai Gengyang 

print "Mad Libs is starting!" 

name = raw_input("Enter a name: ") 

adjective1 = raw_input("Enter an adjective: ") 

adjective2 = raw_input("Enter a second adjective: ") 

adjective3 = raw_input("Enter a third adjective: ") 

verb1 = raw_input("Enter a verb: ") 

verb2 = raw_input("Enter a second verb: ") 

verb3 = raw_input("Enter a third verb: ") 

noun1 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ") 

noun2 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ") 

noun3 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ") 

noun4 = raw_input("Enter a noun: ") 

animal = raw_input("Enter an animal: ") 

food = raw_input("Enter a food: ") 

fruit = raw_input("Enter a fruit: ") 

number = raw_input("Enter a number: ") 

superhero_name = raw_input("Enter a superhero_name: ") 

country = raw_input("Enter a country: ") 

dessert = raw_input("Enter a dessert: ") 

year = raw_input("Enter a year: ") 


#The template for the story 

STORY = "This morning I woke up and felt %s because _ was going to finally %s over the big _ %s. On the other side of the %s were many %ss protesting to keep %s in stores. The crowd began to _ to the rythym of the %s, which made all of the %ss very _. %s tried to _ into the sewers and found %s rats. Needing help, %s quickly called %s. %s appeared and saved %s by flying to %s and dropping _ into a puddle of %s. %s then fell asleep and woke up in the year _, in a world where %ss ruled the world." 

print STORY % (adjective1, name, verb1, adjective2, noun1, noun2, animal, food, verb2, noun3, fruit, adjective3, name, verb3, number, name , superhero_name, superhero_name, name, country, name, dessert, name, year, noun4) 


Terminal Output : 

$ python Madlibs.py 

Mad Libs is starting! 

Enter a name: andrew 

Enter an adjective: beautiful               

Enter a second adjective: honest 

Enter a third adjective: pretty

Enter a verb: hit 

Enter a second verb: run 

Enter a third verb: fire

Enter a noun: honesty

Enter a noun: love

Enter a noun: peace

Enter a noun: wisdom

Enter an animal: elephant 

Enter a food: burger   

Enter a fruit: watermelon 

Enter a number: 1985 

Enter a superhero_name: batman 

Enter a country: america 

Enter a dessert: icekachang 

Enter a year: 1982 

Traceback (most recent call last):   

File "Madlibs.py", line 34, in <mo             

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print STORY % (adjective1, name, 

verb1, adjective2, noun1, noun2, an 

imal, food, verb2, noun3, fruit, adj 

ective3, name, verb3, number, name , 

superhero_name, superhero_name, nam   

e, country, name, dessert, name, yea                 

r, noun4) 

TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting











On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 12:50:28 PM UTC+8, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Cai Gengyang wrote:
> 
> > adjective1 = raw_input("Enter an adjective: ")
> > 
> > NameError: name 'Adjective1' is not defined
> 
> Python is case-sensitive. You've spelled it "adjective1" in one
> place and "Adjective1" in another. You need to be consistent.
> 
> -- 
> Greg