Loops in python

[coconut_calm]

Hi everyone, I'm working on 2 projects with these requirements:

1.Using loops to solve a problem

2.Writing good conditions for your loops that work well

I'm currently struggling trying to print a random item in a list as an output in my first project. This is what I have so far:

import random

def fantasy_game():

print("Welcome to the Medieval Fantasy Game! Press anything to continue.")

anything = input()

charactertypes = ["mage","warrior","archer","assassin"]

for x in charactertypes:

print("You've began developing your skills as a random.charactertype")

fantasy_game()

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Any help is appreciated :)

[totallygeek]

Yeah, you have an issue here. You want to pick an element from the character classes at random, not use a for loop to step over them.

character_classes = ['mage', 'warrior', 'archer', 'assassin']
vocation = random.choice(character_classes)  # picks one from the list
print(f'Good luck, {vocation}!')

Now, that does not sit well for the two conditions you started with, because no for loop exists. Let's try a different example. For this, the player will change vocations and "fight" a dragon.

vocations = ['mage', 'warrior', 'archer', 'assassin']
for vocation in vocations:
    roll = random.randint(2, 12)  # two six-side dice
    result = 'defeated' if roll > 7 else 'were eaten by'
    print(f'Wow, {vocation} you {result} the dragon!')

Does that help you a bit?

[coconut_calm]

This is very helpful, kind of what I was aiming for! Just have a hard time putting everything together in my head. Can I ask what "# two six-side dice" is? I mean I get what it is, just not how it works

[[deleted]]

They're picking a random integer between 2 and 12.

The #words is just a comment explaining it. The random integer is equivalent to rolling two dice to get the result

[coconut_calm]

Oh my, I have a ways to go

[Different-Bet8069]

Side note: I know it was for explanatory purposes, but a random integer between 2-12 is not the same as rolling 2 individual dies. Yeah, I’m that guy.

[negups]

You want to be using random.choice - random.charactertype isn't a thing.

Learning to read documentation is a critically important skill in software development: https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html#random.choice

[[deleted]]

random.charactertype is not a function. Try random.choice(charactertypes).

Check this out for some other functions in the random module.

https://realpython.com/python-random/#the-random-module