[Tutor] Loop Exception Handles

2013-03-15 Thread Vincent Balmori
I am trying to loop a simple exception. I tried to put a while loop, but I keep getting syntax issues. I also tried to alternatively use something on the lines of while number != int also with no avail.    def main():     print(\t\tWelcome to Blackjack!\n)          names = []     try:        

[Tutor] Use __str__ method for int values

2013-03-10 Thread Vincent Balmori
I am trying to use a __str__ method to display the values of attribute mood = self.hunger + self. boredom. When I try to execute I get this error: Traceback (most recent call last):   File C:/Users/Vincent/Documents/Programming Tutorials/Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner - Project

Re: [Tutor] Blackjack Betting

2011-07-01 Thread Vincent Balmori
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Re: [Tutor] Blackjack Betting

2011-07-01 Thread Vincent Balmori
@python.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Balmori Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:49 PM To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] Blackjack Betting I have been working on another challenge that involves improving the Blackjack program so the players can wager an amount. If a player loses

Re: [Tutor] Blackjack Betting

2011-07-01 Thread Vincent Balmori
I was able to get the program started without errors now. What is left now is to: Having the stash change after winning and losing. No matter what, the value in stash stays the same. The conditional statement I made which prevents players with no money from playing is dependent on this. After

Re: [Tutor] Blackjack Betting

2011-07-01 Thread Vincent Balmori
Also I must be doing something wrong if I have to enter a bet = Bet() into each function where it is used. I tried putting Bet into the other classes' arguments but it did not have any effect. Emile van Sebille wrote: On 7/1/2011 12:51 AM Andre Engels said... In this case, the error

[Tutor] War: The Card Game

2011-06-30 Thread Vincent Balmori
I am working on the card game of war challenge where each player is given a single card and the highest value wins. I keep getting a Type Error since for the moment since the values of the cards cannot be compared due to their types. I am thinking of creating a Card_Value class that will give

[Tutor] Blackjack Betting

2011-06-30 Thread Vincent Balmori
I have been working on another challenge that involves improving the Blackjack program so the players can wager an amount. If a player loses they will be removed from the game. I keep getting the error: “NameError: global name 'bet' is not defined.” I know I came across this error before in a

Re: [Tutor] Critter

2011-06-27 Thread Vincent Balmori
Alan Gauld wrote: Vincent Balmori vincentbalm...@yahoo.com wrote I'm on the Critter Caretake problem that involves handling more than one critter. I have looked At David Merrick's threads for some answers, Given that David hasn't solved the problem yet that may not be the best source

Re: [Tutor] Television

2011-06-26 Thread Vincent Balmori
boundary as well. http://old.nabble.com/file/p31932639/TV.py TV.py Noah Hall-3 wrote: On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 2:02 AM, Vincent Balmori vincentbalm...@yahoo.com wrote: It's working better now. The problem I have left is that I have to set the channel and volume values in a range (for both I

[Tutor] Critter

2011-06-26 Thread Vincent Balmori
I'm on the Critter Caretake problem that involves handling more than one critter. I have looked At David Merrick's threads for some answers, but the difference is that he created a whole new class to handle it, while I only made more critter objects. The only problem I have left is to have my

[Tutor] Television

2011-06-25 Thread Vincent Balmori
The question for this is to make a program that simulates a TV by creating it as an object. The user should be able to to enter a channel and or raise a volume. Make sure that the Channel Number and Volume stay within valid ranges. Before I can even start correcting my code this error shows up. I

Re: [Tutor] Television

2011-06-25 Thread Vincent Balmori
adding/subtracting the value and the only way I can think how is to use a list and then have the function replace the value each time. I'm sure there is a better way though. http://old.nabble.com/file/p31928968/TV TV Alan Gauld wrote: Vincent Balmori vincentbalm...@yahoo.com wrote Before I can

[Tutor] Trivia

2011-06-24 Thread Vincent Balmori
I have to improve the trivia_challenge program so each question has a different point value. I added a point into the text file after each category line, so the next_block() can call it. Whenever the program calculates the 'score = point' in main() it comes up with TypeError: unsupported operand

Re: [Tutor] Trivia

2011-06-24 Thread Vincent Balmori
***ignore the point = point line in the next_block() function. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Trivia-tp31917610p31917637.html Sent from the Python - tutor mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Tutor maillist -

Re: [Tutor] Trivia

2011-06-24 Thread Vincent Balmori
try: point = int(next_line(the_file)) If x is a string that can be interpreted as an integer number, int(x) is that integer number; if the string is not the representation of an integer, this will lead to a ValueError. -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com It's working fine now with the

Re: [Tutor] Trivia

2011-06-24 Thread Vincent Balmori
explain more on what you mean by this? Alan Gauld wrote: Vincent Balmori vincentbalm...@yahoo.com wrote It's working fine now with the scoring, but now at the end of the program for some reason I get this error message: /Users/vincentbalmori/Desktop/Python/py3e_source/chapter07

Re: [Tutor] Step Value

2011-06-17 Thread Vincent Balmori
understand how it works better. def ask_number(question, low, high, step = 1): Ask for a number within a range. response = None while response not in range(low, high, step): response = int(input(question)) return response -Vincent Alan Gauld wrote: Vincent Balmori

[Tutor] Main Function

2011-06-17 Thread Vincent Balmori
I answered another question that says Modify the guess_number program so that the program's code is in a function called main(). Don't forget to call main() so you can play the game. It seems to be working fine, but I would like to have a second opinion if there was a better way to put it

[Tutor] Step Value

2011-06-16 Thread Vincent Balmori
From Steven D'Aprono: * change the ask_number function to accept a fourth argument; * make it optional rather than required; * give it a sensible default value; * within the function, that value must then be passed to range Okay, I think I understand it better for the quesiton: Improve the

[Tutor] Step Value

2011-06-16 Thread Vincent Balmori
def spam(n=3):     Return n slices of yummy spam.     return spam *n And here it is in use: spam(4) 'spam spam spam spam ' spam()  # just use the default 'spam spam spam ' Can you see what I did to set the default value for n? Read the function definition line def spam... carefully. --

[Tutor] Step Value

2011-06-15 Thread Vincent Balmori
I am still working on that one question in the absolute beginners with the the ask_number function and step value. Honestly, I still have no idea what to do. This is one of my many attempts, but I know that it's wrong. def ask_number(question, low, high): Ask for a number within a range.

[Tutor] step value

2011-06-15 Thread Vincent Balmori
The question to that code I am trying to solve is Improve the function ask_number() so that the function can be called with a step value. Make the default value of step 1. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

[Tutor] step value

2011-06-13 Thread Vincent Balmori
I am stuck on a question for Absolute Beginner's. I googled this and there have been others who have not understood the question and I am also not clear on the question he is asking. This function is a part of a tic tac toe program.Improve the function ask_number() so that the function can be

[Tutor] Lists

2011-06-10 Thread Vincent Balmori
I'm stuck on two problems from the Absolute Beginners book. The first is simple. I am trying to print all the words in the list in random order without repeats, but it always shows None for some reason. #Program prints list of words in random order with no repeats import random #List of

[Tutor] Python Beginners

2011-06-08 Thread Vincent Balmori
Hello. Right now I am learning the python language through Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner 3rd Edition. I am having trouble with one question in Ch. 4 #3, which says Improve 'WordJumble so that each word is paired with a hint. The player should be able to see the hint if he or she

[Tutor] Q

2011-06-08 Thread Vincent Balmori
For the Absolute Beginner 3rd Edition book, I am having trouble with another question, which says create a game where the computer picks a random word and the player must guess that word. The computer tells the player how many letters are in the word. Then the player gets 5 chances to ask if a

[Tutor] Loop

2011-06-04 Thread Vincent Balmori
Hello. Right now I am learning the python language through Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner 3rd Edition. I am having trouble with one question in Ch. 3 #2, which says Write a program that flips a coin 100 times and then tells you the number of heads and tails. Right now I am having