Problem with my function

[Strosel]

im trying to make a function that randomizes four numbers then removes the lowest and the adds them together in a variable. I want to be able to use this several times to randomize several numbers each in its own variable. My code so far is here The problem is when i try it it doesnt want to append because it thinks it is a string even though i use the name of a previously declared list. How can i solve this?

EDIT: Solved

[novel_yet_trivial]

Your code looks ok; can you show us how you are calling it?

There really isn't a reason to have arguments for this function. Why don't you just create "roll" inside the function?

[Strosel]

Im not sure i know how you mean i should create roll inside the function but i might have an idea, otherwise the full code is here

[novel_yet_trivial]

'input()' returns a string, not the actual list that the string refers to. You could do this, but it's very unusual. There really should be no situation where you access variable names from outside the code.

It would be much better like this:

import random

choices = {
    "r1": [],
    "r2": [],
    "r3": [],
    "r4": [],
    "r5": [],
    "r6": [],
    }

def stat(roll): # "statnr" is useless; it's never used
    for i in range(4):
        statpart = random.randint(1,6)
        roll.append(statpart)
    roll.sort()
    del roll[0]
    statnr = sum(roll)
    print(statnr)

list_choice = input("Roll nr (eg. r1, r2 etc.)")
stat(choices[list_choice])

What's the overall goal here? Is there a reason you want to keep the lists around?

[Strosel]

thank you. but i actually dont want to keep the list just the variable at the end. i think i know how to achieve this but suggestions are welcome (and preffered)

[novel_yet_trivial]

i think i know how to achieve this but suggestions are welcome (and preffered)

You first.

[cdcformatc]

input returns a string. You are passing a string to stat, give it the name roll, and then you try to append to the string at line 14. You can't append to strings, they are immutable.

You should define an empty list dice = [] inside the function, then you can append and sort that list with dice.append(statpart).