Question

At the very beginning of the Python Script, I have defined a lot of variables. For instance:

cmd_attack = "attack"
cmd_protect = "protect"
cmd_help = "help"

cmd_help works in a user menu function shown here:

def usermenu():
    um_in=raw_input('Menu :: ')
    #Help Command
    if um_in.lower()==cmd_help.lower():
        print(helplist)
        usermenu()

That is successful – it prints the help list and then returns to the raw input. However, when I do something similar involving cmd_help in another function…

def tf_elf_battle_merc():
    battleinput==raw_input('Elf :: ')
    global cmd_help
    global cmd_attack
    global cmd_protect
    if battleinput.lower()==cmd_attack.lower():
        attack_merc()
    elif battleinput.lower()==cmd_help.lower():
        print(tf_elf_help)

That does nothing, prints no errors, and returns to the shell line – without printing anything or going anywhere. I used global commands because I was testing out possible solutions to the problem.
The order that these are put in is the CMD functions at the top, the tf_elf_battle_merc() in the middle, and the usermenu() last. I have tried a few things and the related questions haven’t helped… any thoughts? I’m kind of new to Python. If you’re curious, it is script where you can log in and play text-type games.

The full script is here on Pastebin.

Thank you in advance!

Edit: If you download and run the script – use “Guest” (case-sensitive) as a username and you’ll be let into it

Answer 1

Your code (with some edits, seen below) worked fine for me after changing battleinput==raw_input('Elf :: ') to battleinput=raw_input('Elf ::'), you don’t want to compare them, you want to define battleinput.

However, it should raise an error of that, since battleinput is not defined, yet you’re trying to comparing it: if battleinput.lower() == ....

Also you’re mixing Python 3 and Python 2? Using raw_input() from Python 2, yet print("asd") from Python 3, instead of Python 2’s print "asd"?

Everything looks like your code is never reached, the problem is elsewhere.

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Here’s the code for Python 3, which works fine:

cmd_attack = "attack"
cmd_protect = "protect"
cmd_help = "help"


def tf_elf_battle_merc():
    battleinput=input('Elf :: ') # Use raw_input() for Python 2
    # You don't need the globals here
    if battleinput.lower()==cmd_attack.lower():
        print("attack")
    elif battleinput.lower()==cmd_help.lower():
        print("help")

tf_elf_battle_merc()