Nathan Pinno wrote: > What's the invalid syntax in the following code? Is this a test? Do you want to see how smart we are? Or are you really trying to find and correct the problems? If the latter please OH please do as we have requested MANY TIMES - post the traceback.
I'm also concerned, considering the progress you've made in understanding Python, that this program should stump you. To my eye there are several syntax errors that stand out like a sore thumb. Please look at the traceback, notice which line it complains about, then look at each piece of that line to see whether is is a valid Python element. Aside from all of that I think this is a pretty poor example of programming. The use if bitwise operators instead of boolean is not wrong, but could be misleading or give incorrect results in other situations. There are no user input checks to reject nicely non-integer input. There are statements that can be factored out of the loop. > > # Hurkle Hunt > # This program is a game where you have to find a hurkle that the > computer hides in a grid. > # Originally in Computer World pg. 70 > > import random > > print "Hunt the Hurkle" > print > while 1: > ans = raw_input("Do you want to play a game? Type Y to play, any > other letter to quit.") > while ans == "y" | ans == "Y": > E = random.choice(range(9)) > N = random.choice(range(9)) > k = 1 > while k <= 5: > print "Guess ", %d1.0, "."(k) > X = int(raw_input("East Guess: ")) > Y = int(raw_input("North Guess: ")) > if X > E & Y == N: > print "Go West" > k = k + 1 > elif X > E & Y > N: > print "Go SouthWest" > k = k + 1 > elif X > E & Y < N: > print "Go NorthWest" > k = k + 1 > elif X == E & Y > N: > print "Go South" > k = k + 1 > elif X == E & Y < N: > print "Go North" > k = k + 1 > elif X < E & Y == N: > print "Go East" > k = k + 1 > elif X < E & Y > N: > print "Go SouthEast" > k = k + 1 > elif X < E & Y < N: > print "Go NorthEast" > k = k + 1 > else: > print "Congrats! You found the hurkle in", %d1.0, " > guesses!" (k) > break > else: > print "You didn't find the hurkle in 5 tries! It was at: > ", E, ",", N > break > else: > break > print "Goodbye!" > break > Thanks! > Nathan Pinno > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- Bob Gailer 510-978-4454 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor