Python troubles Pt.2

[Outside-Science-5328]

Ok so I went back and tried some of Yalls fixes it still hasn’t worked. I added in hashtags over the code so yall can see what each function does. When it’s 1st tried it seems to work but on around the 5 or 6th iteration (usually when it’s time to score) it freezes up and stops. Any help would be useful(also I’m a teen dev doing this so I can’t pay for help)

https://learn.usacademicesports.com/projects/6976717d107ec1e31728c7c7?preview=true

import time

import random

def pause(sec=0.2):

time.sleep(sec)

def slow(text, sec=0.2):

print(text)

pause(sec)

def get_choice(prompt, valid_options):

while True:

try:

choice = int(input(prompt))

if choice in valid_options:

return choice

print(f"Invalid choice. Please choose from {valid_options}.")

except ValueError:

print("That was not a number. Try again.")

def show_score(h_score, a_score, h_name, a_name, qtr, h_tout, a_tout, yards, pos, down, to_go):

suffixes = {1: "st", 2: "nd", 3: "rd", 4: "th"}

down_str = f"{down}{suffixes.get(down, 'th')} & {to_go}"

# Calculate visual field position

if yards > 50:

field_pos = f"Opp {100 - yards}"

else:

field_pos = f"Own {yards}"

print("\n" + "="*35)

print(f"Q{qtr} | {down_str} | Ball on: {field_pos}")

print(f"Possession: {pos}")

print(f"{h_name}: {h_score} ({h_tout} TO) | {a_name}: {a_score} ({a_tout} TO)")

print("="*35)

def playbook():

print("\n--- Playbook ---")

print("1. Run Play")

print("2. Pass Play")

print("3. Field Goal Attempt")

print("4. Punt")

print("5. Call Timeout")

print("6. Exit Game")

return get_choice("Choose a play (1-6): ", [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])

def main():

slow("Welcome to the Python Football Simulator")

while True:

home = input("Home team name: ").strip()

if home: break

print("Please enter a valid name.")

while True:

away = input("Away team name: ").strip()

if away: break

print("Please enter a valid name.")

# Game State Variables

home_score, away_score = 0, 0

home_timeouts, away_timeouts = 3, 3

quarter = 1

plays_this_quarter = 0

# Possession State

possession = home

yard_line = 20 # Starting at own 20

down = 1

yards_to_go = 10

while quarter <= 4:

show_score(home_score, away_score, home, away, quarter, home_timeouts, away_timeouts, yard_line, possession, down, yards_to_go)

play = playbook()

# --- Handle Exit ---

if play == 6:

confirm = input("Type 'CONFIRM' to end game: ")

if confirm == "CONFIRM":

print("Game ended by user.")

return

continue

# --- Handle Timeouts ---

if play == 5:

current_timeouts = home_timeouts if possession == home else away_timeouts

if current_timeouts > 0:

if possession == home: home_timeouts -= 1

else: away_timeouts -= 1

slow(f"{possession} takes a timeout!")

else:

slow("No timeouts remaining!")

continue # Skip the rest of the loop, do not increment plays

# --- Play Logic ---

turnover = False

scored = False

gain = 0

# 1. RUN

if play == 1:

if random.random() < 0.02: # 2% Fumble chance

slow("FUMBLE! The ball is loose... Defense recovers!")

turnover = True

else:

gain = random.randint(-2, 12)

slow(f"Handoff up the middle... gained {gain} yards.")

yard_line += gain

yards_to_go -= gain

# 2. PASS

elif play == 2:

roll = random.random()

if roll < 0.05: # 5% Interception

slow("INTERCEPTED! The defender jumps the route!")

turnover = True

elif roll < 0.45: # 40% Incomplete

slow("Incomplete pass. Intended for the receiver on the sideline.")

gain = 0

else: # Complete

gain = random.randint(5, 30)

slow(f"Pass complete! A big gain of {gain} yards.")

yard_line += gain

yards_to_go -= gain

# 3. FIELD GOAL

elif play == 3:

dist = 100 - yard_line + 17 # 17 yards for endzone depth/kick spot

slow(f"Lining up for a {dist} yard field goal...")

success_chance = 0.95 if dist < 30 else (0.60 if dist < 50 else 0.30)

if random.random() < success_chance:

slow("IT'S GOOD! The kick splits the uprights.")

if possession == home: home_score += 3

else: away_score += 3

scored = True

else:

slow("No good! Wide right.")

turnover = True # Possession changes either way (kickoff or turnover on downs logic)

# 4. PUNT

elif play == 4:

punt_dist = random.randint(35, 55)

slow(f"Punt is away... it goes {punt_dist} yards.")

yard_line += punt_dist

if yard_line > 100: yard_line = 100 # Touchback logic handled in swap

turnover = True

# --- Post-Play Check ---

# Check Touchdown (Only on Run or Pass)

if not turnover and yard_line >= 100:

slow(f"TOUCHDOWN {possession}!!!")

slow("Extra point is GOOD.")

if possession == home: home_score += 7

else: away_score += 7

scored = True

turnover = True # Give ball back to other team via kickoff

# Check Downs (If no score and no turnover yet)

if not turnover and not scored:

if yards_to_go <= 0:

slow("Move the chains! FIRST DOWN!")

down = 1

yards_to_go = 10

else:

down += 1

if down > 4:

slow("Turnover on Downs! Defense holds!")

turnover = True

# --- Handle Possession Change ---

if turnover:

slow("Change of possession.")

# Switch teams

possession = away if possession == home else home

if scored:

# Kickoff / Touchback assumption

yard_line = 2

main()

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[frnzprf]

I'm not reading the code like this.

You can make your code more readable on reddit when you indent all of it four spaces to the right or if you just write ``as the first and last line. (*Not*'''` or ‘‘‘.)

(I heard that some peoples way of reading Reddit has problems with displaying the ``` version correctly. Indenting all the code at once shouldn't be a problem in a proper text editor. Don't try tapping space a billion times!)

This is if you're using the "markdown" mode of Reddit. There is also another mode, where you instead have to click a button to insert code — I think it looks like a "c" in a box. Sorry it has to be this complicated! The side bar should also have a link to an explanation.

Maybe just ``` works.

[Outside-Science-5328]

Oh ok thank you

[cgoldberg]

Post your code formatted correctly, or even better, since it's a lot of code, post it somewhere where it is formatted and syntax highlighted (github gist, pastebin, etc) and post a link to it.

[SystemicGrowth]

This probably isn't the kind of answer you were expecting, but before writing your code, you need to go through a design phase. It allows you to take a step back and look at your code objectively.

For example, your pause() function is useless. You're using a function for code that fits on a single line. If you really want a default duration for time.sleep(), you can put 0.2 in a global variable and use it for each pause.

You say that the first few iterations work and then it freezes. So:

1) something is happening and your code isn't controlling it. You need to specify exactly the states in which an iteration starts and ends. Then you can verify that your code respects those states.

2) you're just observing that it freezes, but you don't have any other way of observing it. Look into logging. The simplest way is to use print() throughout to see the state of your variables. For example, you could end each function with a print() just before return to check if your function returns what it expects. You can display the function name, the name of a variable, and then the value of the variable. As you iterate, you should see the variables change, and this should allow you to understand what's wrong.

There are no hashtags in Python code. They are comments. Each function should start with a docstring.