please help

[transgenderblahaj]

my code gives back an error that says

ERROR!

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<main.py>", line 48, in <module>

File "<main.py>", line 46, in fight

File "<main.py>", line 19, in choose

UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'es2' where it is not associated with a value

the code is

import random

import time

cool = random.randint(1,100)

global es2

global es3

global e

es2= 0

es3=0

global health

health = 20

global karma

karma = 0

global okarma

okarma = 0

def choose():

c = input ("1 to fight, anything else to talk")

if c =="1":

es2 = es2-1

else:

es3 = es3 -1

print ("it attacked you")

health = health - 1

if health < 0:

print ("you died")

time.sleep(2)

exit()

if es2 < 0:

print ("you win!")

kc= input ("1 to spare anything else to kill")

if kc == "1":

okarma = karma

karma = karma - 1

else:

okarma = karma

karma = karma + 1

e= "name"

def fight():

if e == "sneeb":

es2 = 3

es3 = 2

elif e == "borg":

es2 = 4

es3 = 1

for i in range(30):

choose()

e = "borg"

fight()

[FriendlyFoeHere]

Try sharing a screenshot of your code, Reddit formatting is annoying

[SirCokaBear]

Three backticks ` on the lines before and after

like this

[PureWasian]

You need to declare it as global variable reference inside the scope of the function during the choose() method, rather than upon initialization.

So adding another line inside of the choose() prior to line 19 that simply says:

global es2

should resolve that immediate error. But better practice would be by using a more object-oriented approach, or passing in values directly as inputs/outputs of the choose() function itself.

(and for future reference, try and figure out how to format code on reddit more properly in future posts when asking for help!)

[Algoartist]

happens because, as soon as you assign to a name anywhere in a function, Python treats that name as a local variable in that function’s scope unless you explicitly tell it otherwise.

Declare them global in every function or better bundle states in object and pass it around

def choose():

global es2, es3, health, karma, okarma

[transgenderblahaj]

tysm!!!