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 message says: >> >> NameError: global name 'bet' is not defined > > Note use of the term global? > >> >> That means, at some time at the program, it is told to do something with >> 'bet', but there is no variable bet. And when does that happen? That too >> is told: at line 124, which says: >> >> bet.stash -= bet.wager >> >> Go to that line and read your code yourself - what is this 'bet' of >> which the stash is to be lessened by its wager? Have you told your >> program that this is the value of the variable 'bet'? Where and how? > > Further, because global is used, it tells you that 'bet' is not in the > local scope, nor in the global scope. Python's general scoping > resolution rule is local-global-builtin. So bet, wherever you think it > may be defined, lives in a different namespace. > > See http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html > > Emile > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Blackjack-Betting-tp31966195p31977301.html Sent from the Python - tutor mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
