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Help with Name == function and other questions

 

Help with Name == function and other questions
baseballplayinty

6 Sep, 2009 - 11:14 AM
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Alright so I just started writing a D & D type game and I wanted to let the users create their own names that they may use.

My two problems are kinda noobish to the language as I am really rusty from not coding in a year. Anyways

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name1 = raw_input
if name1 ==


My first problem is I cannot think of how to if the user chooses a blank name to say try again. Not as in print but as in restart the name1 process telling them to try again...

If you wanted to delay a process for X amount of time how would you do so?

My third question is there any Artificial Intelligence examples that I could work off of? I am in dire need of it and have come up with blanks.

Hopefully this all makes sense and I haven't broken any rules :-)

Regards,
Tyler

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RE: Help With Name == Function And Other Questions

6 Sep, 2009 - 02:54 PM
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The following example demonstrates how to check empty string. You can also loop through to perform the process for a certain number of times-
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attempt=0
while attempt<5:
    x=raw_input("Enter something:")
    if x=="":
        print "You Have Entered Empty String. Try again!"
        attempt +=1
    else:
        print "Welcome"
        break
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8 Sep, 2009 - 03:19 PM
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Just check the string itself !

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name = ""
while len(name) == 0:
    name += raw_input("Input name: ")


no need for an extra variable biggrin.gif
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10 Sep, 2009 - 02:14 PM
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You could also use the built-in None instead of calling len() on name all the time:
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>>> name = None
>>> while not name:
...  name = raw_input("Enter name: ")
...
Enter name:
Enter name:
Enter name: asdfas
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