Question

I am new to python. I am trying to make a small elavator program.

The code:

import time
elavator = True
# 0 is B floor // basement
elavatorFloors = [0,1,2,3,4,5]

while elavator == True:
    getLevel = input ("Which floor would you like to visit? ( 1 - 5) ")
    time.sleep(2)
    print "you're now at floor, " +int.getLevel

I get this error: AttributeError: type object ‘int’ has no attribute ‘getLevel’
Aside from changing the str to int, am I using any bad technique? I really want to improve my programming thinking and code writing. Thank you 🙂

Answer 1

int() is a type, so to instantiate it, you need to do int(getLevel), not int.getLevel.

Check the docs for examples and more.

Also note that getLevel is an odd name for the variable, as it implies it is a function that gives the level. A better name would be just level.

It’s also worth noting that input() evaluates the input as Python code (In Python 2.x, in 3.x it acts as raw_input() does in older versions), so getLevel will already be a number, although I would recommend using raw_input() instead, and keeping your conversion from a string to an integer, as it won’t allow arbitrary execution of code, which is much better.