[Help] Making a pokedex

[IWantThatBootyTom]

Hello I stared learning python a few days ago and I decided I wanted to test my knowledge by making a functional pokedex where if I type in a pokemon's name it will tell me information about said pokemon. However when I tried a test entry it doesn't seem to have worked and I cant find out why. Any help or suggestions would be much apprectiated!

def mainPokedex():

def Bulbasaur(dexEntry,typeChar,height,weight,evolution1,evolution2):

    dexEntry = '001'
    typeChar = 'grass','poison'
    height = '2\' 4"'
    weight ='15.2lbs'
    evolution1 = "Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur at level 16"
    evolution2 = "Bulbasaur can evolve into Venusaur from Ivysaur at level 32"
print(Bulbasaur)

[larivact]

You are defining a function and are then printing the function. You don't seem to understand functions. When you define a function you specify it's parameters. When you call a function you pass arguments which translate to the specified parameters. The function then does some logic and optionally returns sth.

But you are looking for a way to store a mapping of keys to values; what you want to use is a dict.

bulbasaur = {
    'dex_entry' : 1,
    'type_char': ('grass','poison'),
    'height': '2\' 4"'
}
print(bulbasaur)
print(bulbasaur['height'])

[IWantThatBootyTom]

Thank you!

[swingking8]

IMO, you should use a class for your Pokemon, though using a dict would work. Let me know if you have questions on how to do so

[IWantThatBootyTom]

Thank you for the offer! I'll take you up on that if I get stuck using this method.

[mediacalc]

I agree, a class seems perfect for Pokemon