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How to do the program will terminate if your user input's first letter of a word is not capitalize?

How do I make this program accepts only a user input that's been typed while following a proper capitalization. Like it won't accept "robin hood" unless it's "Robin Hood". When I run it, it says...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\AMD-Ryzen\Documents\PY CODEX\3.1.py", line 20, in <module>
if x.isupper() == false:
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'isupper'
Here's my code:
#List of the movies
lst = ['Spidey', 'Castaway', 'Avengers', 'GI. JOE', 'Shallow']
#The data stored in this list will come from input("Name of movie") using .append
x=[]
print("Enter at least 5 of your favorite movies"+"\n")
#Loop to repeat the same question 5 times
for i in range(5):
x.append(input("Name of movie:"))
#I used the set.intersection method to find the common elements between the two list
lst_as_set = set(lst)
intersection = lst_as_set.intersection(x)
intersection_as_lst = list(intersection)
if x.isupper() == false:
print("It will never work out. Nice meeting you!")
elif len(intersection_as_lst) == 3:
Ques = input("\n"+"Do you love some of his movies?:")
if Ques == "yes":
print("\n"+"You have", len(intersection_as_lst), "common fave movies and they are:")
print(intersection_as_lst)
elif Ques == "no":
print("It will never work out. I dont like")
s = set(x) - set(lst)
print(s)
elif len(intersection_as_lst) == 0:
Ques = input("Do you love some of his movies?:")
if Ques == "yes":
print("It will never work out. Nice meeting you!")
else:
print("It will never work out. Nice meeting you!")

The error occurs because you are trying to apply a string method isupper() to a list. You must use a loop with the parameter:
for c in x:
if not c[0].isupper():
print("It will never work out. Nice meeting you!")
break

First in python it is False and not false.
and as you want to stop the program you can raise an exception
x = list()
print("Enter at least 5 of your favorite movies\n")
for i in range(5):
m_name = input("Name of movie: ")
if m_name[0].islower():
raise 'must start with an uppercase letter'
x.append(m_name)

You are checking if list is isupper .
You'll need to do
output = []
for word in x:
if word[0].isupper() == False:
output.append(word)
print("It will never work out. Nice meeting you!")

def ìs_properly_capitalized(word: str) -> bool:
if not word:
return False
return word[0].isupper() and not any([c.isupper() for c in word[1:]])
results = [ìs_properly_capitalized(word) for word in lst]
if False in results:
print("One or more words not properly capitalized")
sys.exit(1)

Call a nested function through a global function?

I am new to Python and am trying to make a simple game with several chapters. I want you to be able to do different things depending on the chapter, but always be able to e.g. check your inventory. This is why I have tried using nested functions.
Is it possible to create a global function which acts differently depending on what chapter I am in, while still having certain options available in all chapters or should I perhaps restructure my code significantly?
I get the following error code:
> Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 21, in
> <module>
> chapter1() File "test.py", line 19, in chapter1
> standstill() File "test.py", line 4, in standstill
> localoptions() NameError: name 'localoptions' is not defined
I understand that the global function doesn't identify a nested function. Is there any way to specify this nested function to the global function?
def standstill():
print("What now?")
print("Press A to check inventory")
localoptions()
choice = input()
if choice == "A":
print("You have some stuff.")
else:
localanswers()
def chapter1():
def localoptions():
print("Press B to pick a flower.")
def localanswers():
if choice == "B":
print("What a nice flower!")
standstill()
chapter1()

I used classes as Mateen Ulhaq suggested and solved it. Thank you! This is an example of a scalable system for the game.
(I am new to Python and this might not be the best way, but this is how I solved it now.)
class chapter1:
option_b = "Pick a flower."
def standstill():
print("What do you do now?")
print("A: Check inventory.")
if chapter1active == True:
print("B: " + chapter1.option_b)
#Chapter 1
chapter1active = True
standstill()
chapter1active = False

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I'm trying to create a text-based game. I've made a basic/generic intro and now it's getting long so I want to create a new file so that I can add things like armor and weapons. When I went to try to import 'my_character' it gave me an error so I went to research this problem and I found this, so I tried it. I just got an error message saying it wasn't define (similar to the error below). This is the intro part named intro:
# Date started: 3/13/2018
# Description: text based adventure game
import time
def display_intro():
print('It is the end of a 100 year war between good and evil that had\n' +
'killed more than 80% of the total human population. \n')
time.sleep(3)
print('The man who will soon be your father was a brave adventurer who \n'
+ 'fought for the good and was made famous for his heroism. \n')
time.sleep(3)
print('One day that brave adventurer meet a beautiful woman who he later \n'
+ 'wed and had you. \n')
time.sleep(3)
def main():
display_intro()
main()
gen = input('\nYour mother had a [Boy or Girl]: ')
name = input("\nAnd they named you: ")
print("You are a {} named {}".format(gen, name))
chara_class = None
# Assigning points Main
my_character = {
'name': name,
'gender': gen,
'class': chara_class,
'strength': 0,
'health': 0,
'wisdom': 0,
'dexterity': 0,
'points': 20
}
# This is a sequence establishes base stats.
def start_stat():
print("\nThis is the most important part of the intro")
time.sleep(3)
print("\nThis decides your future stats and potentially future gameplay.")
time.sleep(4)
print("\nYou have 20 points to put in any of the following category: Strength, Health, Wisdom, or Dexterity.\n"
)
def add_character_points(): # This adds player points in the beginnning
attribute = input("\nWhich attribute do you want to assign it to? ")
if attribute in my_character.keys():
amount = int(input("By how much? "))
if (amount > my_character['points']) or (my_character['points'] <= 0):
print("Not enough points!!! ")
else:
my_character[attribute] += amount
my_character['points'] -= amount
else:
print("That attribute doesn't exist! \nYou might have to type it in all lowercase letters!!!")
def remove_character_points():
attribute = input("\nWhich of the catagories do you want to remove from? ")
if attribute in my_character.keys():
amount = int(input("How many points do you want to remove? "))
if amount > my_character[attribute]:
print("\nYou are taking away too many points!")
else:
my_character[attribute] -= amount
my_character['points'] += amount
else:
print(
"That attribute doesn't exist! \nYou might have to type it in all lowercase letters!!!")
def print_character():
for attribute in my_character.keys():
print("{} : {}".format(attribute, my_character[attribute]))
playContinue = "no"
while playContinue == "no":
Continue = input("Are you sure you want to continue?\n")
if Continue == "yes" or "Yes" or "y":
playContinue = "yes"
start_stat()
add_character_points()
elif Continue == "n" or "No" or "no":
main()
running = True
while running:
print("\nYou have {} points left\n".format(my_character['points']))
print("1. Add points\n2. Remove points. \n3. See current attributes. \n4. Exit\n")
choice = input("Choice: ")
if choice == "1":
add_character_points()
elif choice == "2":
remove_character_points()
elif choice == "3":
print_character()
elif choice == "4":
running = False
else:
pass
def story_str():
print(
"\nYou were always a strong child who easily do physical labor and gain lots of muscle."
)
time.sleep(3)
print("\nYou regularly trained with your dad who was also a skilled swordsman.")
time.sleep(3)
print("\nAs you grew into an adult, you're swordsmanship improved drastically.")
time.sleep(3)
print("\nOnce old enough, you joined the local guild as a warrior.")
time.sleep(3)
def story_dex():
print("\nYou were a sly child. You would always be stealing from other people and with"
+ "\nconstant practice you became proficient at thieving.")
time.sleep(3)
print("\nCombined with the skill of knives and short-blades, you became an extremely deadly assassin."
)
time.sleep(3)
print("\nOnce old enough, you joined the local guild as an assassin.")
time.sleep(3)
def story_wis():
print("\nYou grew up as a very intellegent child. You read books everyday and realized that magic"
+ "is the best offensively and defensively.")
print("\nYou grew up and attended the best magic school avalible and graduated."
)
print("\nYou soon went to the local guild and joined as a wizard.")
run_story = False
while run_story:
if my_character['strength'] >= 13:
story_str()
chara_class = 'Warrior'
run_story = True
else:
continue
if my_character['dexterity'] >= 13:
story_dex()
chara_class = 'Assassin'
run_story = True
else:
continue
if my_character["wisdom"] >= 13:
story_wis()
chara_class = 'Mage'
run_story = True
else:
continue
The command I have typed on part1 is to try to import my_character is:
from intro import my_character
print(my_character)
I have been trying to import my_character but it comes up as:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/user/Desktop/part1.py", line 5, in <module>
my_character
NameError: name 'my_character' is not defined
The original file was named "intro" and the new one is named "part1". Do I need to do the 'if name == "__main"' thing? If so, what does that do?

Check for:
1) is the file name my_character.py
2) you have imported it as my_character
3) my_character is in the main python directory (if you are importing in interpreter)

Python fill-in-the-blanks code

I am a programming beginner and I am trying to build a fill-in-the-blank quiz. I am almost finished but I am stuck on 2 problems I am not able to solve, whatever I do. I would really appreciate your help with this. Thank you for helping me with this!
If you try to run the code and play the game:
1) It prints the quiz according to the difficulty(easy-insane) and quiz you want to play(apple, bond and programming quiz) which is great but afterwards it prompts you to choose difficulty again (the player_level() function keeps going even though the player/user has already chosen the difficulty level. I don't really understand why it does it? The player_level() procedure seems perfectly okay and logical to me.
2) The errors:
a) local variable blanks_index referenced before assignment
b) global name list_of_answers is not defined.
I know that it is related to the initialize_game() function but I don't know how to change the code so it refers all the variables (blanks_index, answers_index, player_lives) correctly.
It could be solved by creating global variables(I guess) but that is not a good practice so I am trying to avoid it. Formerly, the whole function initialise_game() and play_game() were one function, but as there are over 25 lines of code in one function, it is not a good practice as it is long and messy and I know that I can separate it but I don't know how.
Here is the code:
"""3 diffferent quizzes : Apple quiz, James Bond quiz, Programming quiz"""
"""Quiz and answers about Apple"""
Apple_quiz = ("The most valuable company in terms of market cap in 2016 is, ___1___."
"It was founded in ___2___. Its flagship product is called ___3___."
"___1___ has many competitors, the biggest rival is ___4___,founded by"
" nobody but the richest man on the planet,___5___ ___6___.")
list_of_answers_Apple = ["Apple", "1976", "Iphone", "Microsoft", "Bill", "Gates"]
"""Quiz and answers about Bond"""
Bond_quiz = ("James Bond is agent ___1___. He serves his country,___2___ ___3___"
" against its enemies. His car of choice is usually ___4___ ___5___."
" His favorite drink is ___6___.")
list_of_answers_Bond = ["007", "United", "Kingdom", "Aston", "Martin", "Martini"]
"""Quiz and answers about programming basics"""
Programming_quiz = ("___1___ are created with the def keyword. ___1___ are also called ___2___"
" You specify the inputs a ___1___ take by adding ___3___ separated by commas"
" between the parentheses. ___3___ can be standard data types such as string, number"
" ,dictionary, tuple, and ___4___ or can be more complicated such as ___5___"
" and ___6___ functions.")
list_of_answers_Programming = ["Functions", "procedures", "arguments", "lists", "objects", "lambda"]
blank_space = ["___1___", "___2___", "___3___", "___4___", "___5___", "___6___]"]
#List of levels with corresponding lives/guesses that player can have
quiz_list = ["Apple", "Bond", "Programming"]
level_list = ["easy", "medium", "hard", "superhard", "insane"]
lives_easy = 5
lives_medium = 4
lives_hard = 3
lives_superhard = 2
lives_insane = 1
def choose_quiz():
""" Prompts player to pick a type of quiz and loads the quiz """
#Input = player_quiz (raw input from player)
#Output = loaded quiz, player chose
while True:
player_quiz = raw_input("Please, select a quiz you want to play: "
"(Apple, Bond or Programming): ")
if player_quiz == "Apple":
return Apple_quiz
elif player_quiz == "Bond":
return Bond_quiz
elif player_quiz == "Programming":
return Programming_quiz
else:
print "We don't have such quiz, pick again!"
def answers_for_quiz():
""" Loads appropiate answers to the quiz that player has chosen"""
#Input = player quiz (raw input from player)
#Output = loaded quiz answers from the quiz player chose
player_quiz_pick = choose_quiz()
if player_quiz_pick == Apple_quiz:
return list_of_answers_Apple
elif player_quiz_pick == Bond_quiz:
return list_of_answers_Bond
elif player_quiz_pick == Programming_quiz:
return list_of_answers_Programming
def player_level():
""" Loads a difficulty that player chooses """
#Input = player_level_input (raw input of player choosing a difficulty)
#Output = corresponding number of lives:
#Easy = 5 lives, Medium = 4 lives
#Hard = 3 lives, Superhard = 2 lives
#Insane = 1 life
while True:
player_level_input = raw_input("Please type in a difficulty level: "
"(easy, medium, hard, superhard, insane): ")
if player_level_input == "easy":
return lives_easy #Easy = 5 lives
elif player_level_input == "medium":
return lives_medium #Medium = 4 lives
elif player_level_input == "hard":
return lives_hard #Hard = 3 lives
elif player_level_input == "superhard":
return lives_superhard #Superhard = 2 lives
elif player_level_input == "insane":
return lives_insane #Insane = 1 life
else:
print "We do not have such difficulty! Pick again!"
def correct_answer(player_answer, list_of_answers, answers_index):
""" Checks, whether the the answer from player matches with the answer list. """
#Input: player_answer (raw input that player enters in order to fill in the blank)
#Output: "Right answer!" or "Wrong! Try again!" this output will be later used in the game
if player_answer == list_of_answers[answers_index]:
return "Right answer!"
return "Wrong! Try again!"
def initialize_game():
"""Functions that sets up a game so we can play it """
player_quiz_pick, player_level_pick, list_of_answers = choose_quiz(), player_level(), answers_for_quiz()
print player_quiz_pick
print "\nYou will get maximum " + str(player_level_pick) + " guesses for this game. Good luck.\n"
blanks_index, answers_index, player_lives = 0, 0, 0
#for elements in blank_space:
while blanks_index < len(blank_space):
player_answer = raw_input("Please type in your answer for " + blank_space[blanks_index] + ": ")
if correct_answer(player_answer,list_of_answers,answers_index) == "Right answer!":
print "Correct answer! Keep going!\n"
player_quiz_pick = player_quiz_pick.replace(blank_space[blanks_index],player_answer)
answers_index += 1
blanks_index += 1
print player_quiz_pick
if blanks_index == len(blank_space):
print "Congratulations! You nailed it! You are the winner!"
else:
player_level_pick -= 1
if player_level_pick == 0:
print "Game over! Maybe next time!"
break
else:
print "One life less, that sucks! Have another shot!"
print "You have " + str(player_level_pick) + " guesses left."
initialize_game()

Your main problem is that you keep calling the same functions over and over again and do not save the input into variables. Here are some tips about your code and questions:
You are not doing anything with your player_level() method call, so the player doesn't actually chooses a level in a way that affects the game. You should change the function call, so the returned value will be stored.
//the call to the method:
player_level_pick = player_level()
Afterwards, you keep calling the player_level() method, and not using the actual answer that the user supplied. Change all player_level() appearences to player_level_pick - the variable you use to save the answer (as I showed above). Same goes to all other unneeded function calls such as choose_level().
You should initialize number_of_guesses, player_lives, list_of_answers, and other vars to a matching value to player_level_pick as well, so it will hold the right value according to the level. Likewise, you should change this line:
# the line that checks if game is over
# change from:
if number_of_guesses == player_lives:
# to :
if number_of_guesses == 0:
In order to return multiple values, you have to use tuples. Using multiple return statements one after the other does not work anywhere.
so, instead of:
return list_of_answers
return number_of_guesses
return blanks_index
return answers_index
return player_lives
you should use tuples, and unpack them properly:
# the return statement:
return (list_of_answers, number_of_guesses, blanks_index, answers_index, player_lives)
# and the unpacking in the calling function:
list_of_answers, number_of_guesses, blanks_index, answers_index, player_lives = initialize_game()
this way, all of the returned values go into the wanted variables in the calling function. this way, you need to call the initialize_game() from play_game(). it will be the efficient way for you.
Just saying it again, as I said in the end of (4) - you should unit initialize_game() and play_game() into a single function (because a lot of data is the same needed data), or just call initialize_game() from play_game().
Better practice then using this recursivly: return choose_level(), you should use a while True: loop, and just brake when you get a proper answer.

How do I eliminate the "'str' object is not callable"?

I get the following error on the code below, and have no idea what is going on. I'm very much a beginner and need some help. I am trying to make a very basic game of tic-tac-toe in the console, and am having trouble.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:/Eric/Projects/Tic Tac Toe/Tic Tac Toe.py", line 68, in <module>
printboard()
File "D:/Eric/Projects/Tic Tac Toe/Tic Tac Toe.py", line 15, in printboard
print("",c[0],"|",c[1],"|",c[2],"\n-----------\n",c[3],"|",c[4],"|",c[5],"\n-----------\n",c[6],"|",c[7],"|",c[8])
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
Code:
import random, time
#Variables
c = [str(i) for i in range(1,10)] #Cells
cpuletter = "string input"
coinoptions = ["heads", "tails"]
coinflip = random.choice(coinoptions)
play = ""
playercell = 0
#Functions
def printboard(): #Prints the gameboard with the cell variables in the spaces
print("",c[0],"|",c[1],"|",c[2],"\n-----------\n",c[3],"|",c[4],"|",c[5],"\n-----------\n",c[6],"|",c[7],"|",c[8])
return
#Introduction
print("Welcome to Tic Tac Toe. Below is the playing table.") #Welcome + Explanation
printboard()
print("The playing spaces are numbered 1 through 9.\nYou will use these numbers to refer to the places you would like to play your piece.\n")
#X or O?
playerletter = input("Would you like to be X's or O's?\n")
playerletter = playerletter.capitalize()
playerletter = playerletter[0]
while playerletter not in ["X", "O"]: #Confirm choice == "X" or "O." If not, ask again.
playerletter = input("""Sorry, that's not a valid option. Please choose "X" or "O."\n""")
playerletter = playerletter.capitalize()
playerletter = playerletter[0]
if playerletter == "X":
cpuletter = "O"
elif playerletter == "O":
cpuletter = "X"
#Who goes first?
playercoin = input("Randomizing who goes first:\nDo you choose heads or tails?\n") #Asking for "heads" or "tails"
playercoin = playercoin.lower()
while playercoin not in ["heads", "tails"]: #Confirm choice == "Heads" or "Tails." If not, ask again.
playercoin = input("""Sorry, that's not a valid option. Please choose "heads" or "tails."\n""")
playercoin = playercoin.lower()
print("...")
time.sleep(1) #Waits 1 seconds
if coinflip != playercoin: #Tells player who goes first
print("It landed " + coinflip + "! I will go first.")
play = 0
elif coinflip == playercoin:
print("It landed " + coinflip + "! You will go first.")
play = 1
#Game
input("""Ready to play? Press "Enter" to begin!\n""")
if play == 0:
random_index = random.randrange(9) #Randomly selects a cell to change to cpuletter
c[random_index] = cpuletter
print = ("Here is my move.")
printboard()
elif play == 1: #Allows player to choose cell to change to playerletter
printboard()
playercell = int(input("It's your turn. Type a cell number to choose where you play.\n"))
playercell = playercell - 1
c[playercell] = playerletter
printboard()
Edit: Forgot to say that this only happens when the computer goes first, and not the player. I fixed the print = ("Here is my move.") but am still having problems.

print = "Here is my move."
That line reassigns the builtin print function to a string. Don't do that.

Why make such a complex printing function? Format would come very handy right about now:
def printboard(): #Prints the gameboard with the cell variables in the spaces
table = \
'''
{} | {} | {}
----------
{} | {} | {}
----------
{} | {} |
'''
print(table.format(c[1],c[2],c[3],c[4],c[5],c[6],c[7],c[8]))
return
And finally to fix your error, change line 65:
move = ("Here is my move")

I ran your code, but I did not get any errors. This particular TypeError is usually caused by programmers mistakenly switching out square brackets with parentheses (therefore "calling" it as if the string was a function, which it's not.). Please check and run your code again.
EDIT: Solution: Change the variable name of print = "Here is my move." on line 65 to something else, like movePrint = "Here is my move".