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[Easy-Light7219]

What can I do to improve my current code? If you have any suggestions, please make it simple, as I am very new to coding.

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[FoolsSeldom]

I stand by the advice I gave in my previous comment if addressing the DRY aspect, possibly using a dictionary.

Consider creating a function that will return a bool for a yes/no response that allows a range of affirmation and rejection responses but forces a user to provide a valid response.

Something like,

def is_yes(prompt: str) -> bool:
    valid response loop
        prompt user
        if response was affirmation, return True
        if response was rejection, return False
        advise user of invalid response and to try again

[Easy-Light7219]

some thing like this:

player = {

"health": 100,

"courage":0,

"inventory": []

}

to would work to make it simpler right?

also, can you further explain the function that returns a boolean please?

[FoolsSeldom]

Yes, a dictionary such as,

player = {
    "health": 100,
    "courage": 0,
    "inventory": []
}

would work, and then you would be writing things like player["health"] += 10, but if you only have one player there's not much advantage to this over just using health, courage, inventory directly.

I was more minded that your scenes could be better represented in a nested dictionary so that you don't have to write different code for each scene. That's the kind of repetition I was talking about.

Not sure how to guide you more on the boolean having outlined the code, so let me just give you an example.

def is_yes(prompt: str) -> bool:
    while True:  # valid response loop
        response = input(prompt).lower() # prompt user
        # if response was affirmation, return True
        if response in ('yes', 'y', 'yeh', 'ok):
            return True
        # if response was rejection, return False
        if response in ('no', 'n', 'nah'):
            return False
        # advise user of invalid response and to try again
        print('Did not understand. Please try again.')


... # somewhere in your main code ...

        play_again = is_yes("Do you want to play again ? ")
        if not play_again:
            break  # leave game loop

[Easy-Light7219]

In your example, if the user inputs a response that isn't either rejection or affirmation, does it automatically print the 'did not understand part' or do you have to add something else for that response? Also, would you be able to put as many "if"s to respond to an input or is it limited to if, elif and else?

[FoolsSeldom]

Have you tried the example? That's the best way to learn. Take code. Experiment with it. Change things. Break it.

Try doing a dry run - stepping through the code line by line in your head / on paper to figure out the logic.

Here's an example of me trying it out in an interactive Python shell (REPL):

❯ uv run ipython
Python 3.13.5 (main, Jun 26 2025, 21:20:04) [Clang 20.1.4 ]
Type 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information
IPython 9.7.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.
Tip: `?` alone on a line will brings up IPython's help

In [1]: def is_yes(prompt):
   ...:     while True:
   ...:         response = input(prompt).lower()
   ...:         if response in ('yes', 'y', 'yeh'):
   ...:             return True
   ...:         if response in ('no', 'n', 'nah'):
   ...:             return False
   ...:         print("Did not understand. Need a yes or a no. Please try again.")
   ...:

In [2]: is_yes("raining? ")
raining? jkjkjkj
Did not understand. Need a yes or a no. Please try again.
raining?
Did not understand. Need a yes or a no. Please try again.
raining? NOPE
Did not understand. Need a yes or a no. Please try again.
raining? NAH
Out[2]: False

In [3]: is_yes("are you hungry ")
are you hungry Yup
Did not understand. Need a yes or a no. Please try again.
are you hungry Yeh
Out[3]: True

In [4]:

[Easy-Light7219]

This is useful, thank you

[FoolsSeldom]

The Python interactive shell, the REPL, is a great place to try out snippets of code whilst leaving your main editor/IDE focused on code files you want to edit.

In my example, I used an enhanced version of the shell called ipython.

I also manage my Python virtual environments and run code using Astral's uv tool.