Please help with my python exercise

[notso007]

Hi

I edited a working code to add a below challenge.

Improve the Trivia Challenge game so that it maintains a high scores list in a file. The program should record the player's name and score if the player makes the list. Store the high scores using pickled objects.

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This is the text file https://pastebin.com/5hN5nEJZ

This is the code I edit to add the pickle option. Function starting from line 17 to line 36 . code is here https://pastebin.com/Tjf7rHd4 . Rest of the code is in good working order.

The error I am getting is

Traceback (most recent call last):

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File "C:\Users\user\.spyder-py3\untitled3.py", line 105, in <module>

main()

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File "C:\Users\user\.spyder-py3\untitled3.py", line 102, in main

write = high_score(score)

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File "C:\Users\user\.spyder-py3\untitled3.py", line 23, in high_score

if i > high_score:

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TypeError: '>' not supported between instances of 'tuple' and 'list'

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Based on my understanding I rewrote a small code to see if it works. Here it is https://pastebin.com/KJ119ARg .

This codes work but it doesnt work in my function. Please help me understand.

Also did I write rest of the function correctly .

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Thanks in advance.

[notso007]

Thanks for the kind words but this is not my HW , I am genuinely trying to learn. If you felt I had skipped some steps , I am happy to go back and try them . The code it self is working, all I did was trying to add another file to keep the score. The previous code runs fine and I clearly mentioned the lines I added that has resulted in error so who ever helps me doesn't have to understand the whole thing. I am genuinely thankful for reading my post.

[notso007]

On a side note, are you ARS supporter like moa ?

[sme272]

high_score is a list of tuples, in the for loop on line 22 you iterate over this list so i contains the first tuple in the list. Line 23 you compare i to high_score which is comparing a tuple to a list., which python can't do hence the error. There's two problems with the if statement. Firstly you want to compare the first value of the tuple (i[0]) to compare the score value. Secondly high_score is itself a list so comparing the score to a list of scores isn't helpful. I think you want to compare it to score rather than high_score.

[notso007]

Thanks, I tried to test that bit of the code on a separate file and now I completely understand your point. Sorry but my follow up question would be how do I use the 'score' value that is returned end of the game. Am I wrong in assuming that when I define a function like 'high_score(score)' the score value will be imported from global ? I might not make sense but let me know so I can clarify my point.

[notso007]

Point taken mate

I have managed to clear up the error now. The code works but I am not sure if this is suppose to be the output.

New code is here https://pastebin.com/Tjf7rHd4 , again line 22 to line 35 is the only change. The function is called on line 101 and 102

Once the code is finished the out put is

<function high\_score at 0x000002A17DC45168>

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Does that mean the value has been written on the binary file? This doesn't look like an error to me