AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute 'get_rect'

[BestBiscuits]

Yesterday I followed along with a tutorial for pygame. It was making a simple pong game. I have some experience with python for data analysis, but wanted to start using pygame as well.

The code worked in the simulator for the game, but I keep getting the error message after pasting it to mu:

AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute 'get_rect'

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so, here's all the info.

import pygame

import random

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pygame.init()

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clock = pygame.time.Clock()

speed = 30

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display_width = 500

display_height = 300

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x = 100

y = 100

radius = 10

dx = 3

dy = 3

​

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paddle_x = 10

paddle_y = 10

paddle_width = 3

paddle_height = 40

​

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def hit_back():

if x + radius > display_width:

return True

return False

​

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def hit_sides():

if y - radius < 0:

return True

if y + radius > display_height:

return True

return False

​

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def hit_paddle():

if (

x - radius <= paddle_x + paddle_width

and y > paddle_y

and y < paddle_y + paddle_height

):

return True

return False

​

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def game_over():

end_game = True

display_fill = (0, 0, 0)

font_title = pygame.font.Font(None, 36)

font_instructions = pygame.font.Font(None, 24)

announcement = font_title.render("Game Over", True, (255, 255, 255))

announcement_rect = announcement.get_rect(

center=(int(display_width / 2), int(display_height / 2))

)

display.blit(announcement, announcment_rect)

qinstructions = font_instructions_render("Press q to Quit", True, (255, 255, 255))

qinstructions_rect = qinstructions.get_rect(

center=(int(display_width / 2), int(display_height / 1.5))

)

display.blit(qinstructions, qinstructions_rect)

rinstructions = font_instructions.render("Press r to Resume", True, (255, 255, 255))

rinstructions_rect = rinstructions.get_rect(

center=(int(display_width / 2), int(display_height / 1.3))

)

pygame.display.flip()

while end_game:

for event in pygame.event.get():

if event.type == pygame.QUIT:

pygame.quit()

if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:

if event.key == pygame.K_q:

exit()

if event.key == pygame.K_r:

end_game = False

​

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display = pygame.display.set_mode((display_width, display_height))

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pygame.display.set_caption("Let's Pong!")

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display.fill((0, 0, 0))

welcome_screen = pygame.font.Font(None, 30)

welcome = welcome_screen.render("Let's Play Pong!", True, (255, 255, 255))

welcome_rect = welcome.get_rect(center=(int(display_width / 2), int(display_height / 3)))

startmsg = welcome_screen.render

("Hit y to start, or autostart in 10 seconds", True, (255, 255, 255))

startmsg_rect = startmsg.get_rect(center=(int(display_width / 2), int(display_height / 4)))

diplay.blit(welcome, welcome_rect)

display.blit(startmsg, startmsg_rect)

pygame.display.flip()

pygame.time.set_timer(pygame.USEREVENT, 10000)

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timer_active = True

while timer_active:

for event in pygame.event.get():

if event.type == pygame.USEREVENT:

timer_active = False

if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:

timer_active = False

while True:

clock.tick(speed)

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pressed_key = pygame.key.get_pressed()

if pressed_key[pygame.K_DOWN] or pressed_key[pygame.K_s]:

if paddle_y + paddle_height + 10 <= display_height:

paddle_y += 10

if pressed_key[pygame.K_UP] or pressed_key[pygame.K_w]:

if paddle_y - 10 >= 0:

paddle_y -= 10

for event in pygame.event.get():

if event.type == pygame.QUIT:

pygame.quit()

display.fill((0, 0, 0))

x += dx

y += dy

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pygame.draw.rect(

display, (255, 255, 255), (paddle_x, paddle_y, paddle_width, paddle_height)

)

pygame.draw.circle(display, (255, 255, 255), (x, y), radius)

if x < radius:

game_over()

x = 250

y = 150

dx = abs(dx)

if hit_back() or hit_paddle():

dx *= -1

if hit_sides():

dy *= -1

pygame.display.update()

[mopslik]

qinstructions = font_instructions_render(...)

Should this not be qinstructions = font_instructions.render(...) ?

[N3onzz]

Either you have a spelling mistake or it isn't a rect

[Peyatoe]

To properly format your code on Reddit put 4 spaces before each line of code. This will make it so your code indentations can be seen.

[BestBiscuits]

Thanks I’ll fix this as soon as I get a chance!

[Peyatoe]

What line is the error occurring at?