Build an RPG Character - Build an RPG Character

Python
1

Tell us what’s happening:

I’m assuming the reason for step 7 and on is failing is because I can’t write my if statements the way they are but google searches tell me I can so I’m lost again

Your code so far

full_dot = '●'
empty_dot = '○'


def create_character(name, strength, intelligence, charisma):

    
    if not isinstance (name,str):
        return('The character name should be a string')
    if name == '':
        return('The character should have a name')
    if len(name) > 10:
        return('The character name is too long')
    if '' in name:
        return('The character name should not contain spaces')
    if not isinstance(strength,int) or not isinstance(intelligence,int) or not isinstance(charisma,int):
        return('All stats should be integers')
    if strength < 1 or intelligence < 1 or charisma < 1:
        return('All stats should be no less than 1')
    if strength > 4 or intelligence > 4 or charisma > 4:
        return('All stats should be no more than 4')
    total=strength + intelligence + charisma
    if total != 7:
        return('The character should start with 7 points')
    final_strength = 'STR', (full_dot * strength) + (empty_dot * (10-strength))
    final_intelligence = 'INT', (full_dot * intelligence) + (empty_dot * (10-intelligence))
    final_charisma = 'CHA', + (full_dot * charisma) + (empty_dot * (10-charisma))
    return(name/final_strength/final_intelligence/final_charisma)


create_character('ren',4,2,1)

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Build an RPG Character - Build an RPG Character

2

Hi @skip

Add the following print call on the last line of the editor, to help you debug.

print(create_character('ren',4,2,1))

Happy coding

3

I have done that and know have these errors but everything I can find online for an explanation is I’m trying to do arithmetic to strings which isn’t allowed

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “main.py”, line 31, in
File “main.py”, line 28, in create_character
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: ‘str’ and ‘tuple’

full_dot = '●'
empty_dot = '○'


def create_character(name, strength, intelligence, charisma):

    
    if not isinstance (name,str):
        return('The character name should be a string')
    if name == '':
        return('The character should have a name')
    if len(name) > 10:
        return('The character name is too long')
    if ' ' in name:
        return('The character name should not contain spaces')
    if not isinstance(strength,int) or not isinstance(intelligence,int) or not isinstance(charisma,int):
        return('All stats should be integers')
    if strength < 1 or intelligence < 1 or charisma < 1:
        return('All stats should be no less than 1')
    if strength > 4 or intelligence > 4 or charisma > 4:
        return('All stats should be no more than 4')
    total=strength + intelligence + charisma
    if total != 7:
        return('The character should start with 7 points')
    final_strength = 'STR', (full_dot * int(strength)),(empty_dot * (10-int(strength)))
    final_intelligence = 'INT', (full_dot * int(intelligence)),(empty_dot * (10-int(intelligence)))
    final_charisma = 'CHA', (full_dot * int(charisma)),(empty_dot * (10-int(charisma)))
    return(name/final_strength/final_intelligence/final_charisma)


print(create_character('ren',4,2,1))
4

you may want to review how to concatenate strings, this does not work. And the error is specifically because you are trying to do name/final_strength
name is a string, and a comma separated list of things like tou wrote here 'STR', (full_dot * int(strength)),(empty_dot * (10-int(strength))) that becomes a tuple, which is a data type I think is met in the next module of the curriculum

5

Maybe I’m not understanding what you are saying because I still have errors on the same lines. here is what I did:

full_dot = '●'
empty_dot = '○'


def create_character(name, strength, intelligence, charisma):

    
    if not isinstance (name,str):
        return('The character name should be a string')
    if name == '':
        return('The character should have a name')
    if len(name) > 10:
        return('The character name is too long')
    if ' ' in name:
        return('The character name should not contain spaces')
    if not isinstance(strength,int) or not isinstance(intelligence,int) or not isinstance(charisma,int):
        return('All stats should be integers')
    if strength < 1 or intelligence < 1 or charisma < 1:
        return('All stats should be no less than 1')
    if strength > 4 or intelligence > 4 or charisma > 4:
        return('All stats should be no more than 4')
    total=strength + intelligence + charisma
    if total != 7:
        return('The character should start with 7 points')
    final_strength = 'STR' + '' + str(full_dot * int(strength)) + str(empty_dot * (10-int(strength)))
    final_intelligence = 'INT' + '' + str(full_dot * int(intelligence)) + str(empty_dot * (10-int(intelligence)))
    final_charisma = 'CHA' + '' + str(full_dot * int(charisma)) + str(empty_dot * (10-int(charisma)))
    return(name/'n'(final_strength)/'n'(final_intelligence)/'n'(final_charisma))
6

what do you want to do here? you can’t concatenate strings with /

7

does the / not just tell the program to put the following info on the next line?

8

no, / is the division operator, the one you use to divide numbers, like 6 / 2 gives 3

are you maybe thinking of \n? this is the code that inside a string means going to a new line, it’s used for example in test 12 to show a multiline string in compact form

9

ok but when I put in \n it tells me

SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character

error points to the “n”

10

\n needs to go inside a string, are you writing it inside a string, between quotes?

11

If I take the commas out it gives an error messages saying, did you maybe forget to put commas. leave the commas in and it out puts wrong.

I just don’t get it


full_dot = '●'
empty_dot = '○'


def create_character(name, strength, intelligence, charisma):

    
    if not isinstance (name,str):
        return('The character name should be a string')
    if name == '':
        return('The character should have a name')
    if len(name) > 10:
        return('The character name is too long')
    if ' ' in name:
        return('The character name should not contain spaces')
    if not isinstance(strength,int) or not isinstance(intelligence,int) or not isinstance(charisma,int):
        return('All stats should be integers')
    if strength < 1 or intelligence < 1 or charisma < 1:
        return('All stats should be no less than 1')
    if strength > 4 or intelligence > 4 or charisma > 4:
        return('All stats should be no more than 4')
    total=strength + intelligence + charisma
    if total != 7:
        return('The character should start with 7 points')
    final_strength = 'STR' + '' + str(full_dot * int(strength)) + str(empty_dot * (10-int(strength)))
    final_intelligence = 'INT' + '' + str(full_dot * int(intelligence)) + str(empty_dot * (10-int(intelligence)))
    final_charisma = 'CHA' + '' + str(full_dot * int(charisma)) + str(empty_dot * (10-int(charisma)))
    return(name, '\n', (final_strength), '\n' ,(final_intelligence), '\n' ,(final_charisma))


print(create_character('ren',4,2,1))
12

do you see that your output is a series of strings? ('ren', '\n', 'STR●●●●○○○○○○', '\n', 'INT●●○○○○○○○○', '\n', 'CHA●○○○○○○○○○')

it needs to be one single string

13

Thank you very much for the help!