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Passing data between a series of related functions

I am attempting to create an exam grading program. I successfully wrote each function to do what I need it to, but when I attempt to execute the entire program, I am running into issues with my return variables not being referenced.
Here is my code for context:
def userinput():
allinputs = []
while True:
try:
results = list(map(int, input('Exam points and exercises completed: ').split(' ')))
allinputs.append(results)
except:
ValueError
break
return allinputs
def points(allinputs):
exampoints = []
exercises = []
exercises_converted = []
gradepoints = []
counter = 0
for i in allinputs:
exampoints.append(i[0])
exercises.append(i[1])
for e in exercises:
exercises_converted.append(e//10)
for p in exampoints:
p2 = exercises_converted[counter]
gradepoints.append(p + p2)
counter += 1
return (gradepoints, exampoints, exercises_converted)
def average(gradepoints):
avg_float = sum(gradepoints) / len(gradepoints)
points_avg = round(avg_float, 1)
return points_avg
def pass_percentage(exercises_converted, exampoints):
failexam = []
passexam = []
passorfail = []
i = 0
while i < len(exampoints):
if exampoints[i] < 10 or exercises_converted[i] + exampoints[i] < 15:
failexam.append("fail")
passorfail.append(0)
else:
passexam.append("pass")
passorfail.append(1)
i += 1
percentage_float = len(passexam)/len(failexam)
percentage = round(percentage_float, 1)
return (percentage, passorfail)
def grades_distribution(passorfail, gradepoints):
grades = []
i = 0
l = 5
while i < len(gradepoints):
if passorfail[i] == 0:
grades.append(0)
elif passorfail[i] != 0 and gradepoints[i] >= 15 and gradepoints[i] <= 17:
grades.append(1)
elif passorfail[i] != 0 and gradepoints[i] >= 18 and gradepoints[i] <= 20:
grades.append(2)
elif passorfail[i] != 0 and gradepoints[i] >= 21 and gradepoints[i] <= 23:
grades.append(3)
elif passorfail[i] != 0 and gradepoints[i] >= 24 and gradepoints[i] <= 27:
grades.append(4)
elif passorfail[i] != 0 and gradepoints[i] >= 28 and gradepoints[i] <= 30:
grades.append(5)
i += 1
while l >= 0:
print(l, ": ", "*" * grades.count(l))
return
userinput()
print("Statistics:")
points(allinputs)
print(f"Points average: {average(gradepoints)}")
print(f"Pass percentage: {pass_percentage(exercises_converted, exampoints)}")
print("Grade distribution")
grades_distribution(passorfail, gradepoints)
I have no problems with the mechanics within each function; rather, my error lies where I try calling each of them from the main function.
The user input() function runs fine, and returns allinputs. However, when the second function points(allinputs) is called, the program states that the argument is undefined.

You should store the return value of a function before passing it as argument.
This should solve your problem
allinputs = userinput()
points(allinputs)

How to solve Luhn algoritm

there is a lot of information about how to write Luhn algortim. I'm trying it too and I think that I'am very close to succes but I have some mistake in my code and dont know where. The test card is VALID card but my algorithm says otherwise. Don't you know why? Thx for help
test = "5573497266530355"
kazde_druhe = []
ostatni = []
for i in test:
if int(i) % 2 == 0:
double_digit = int(i) * 2
if double_digit > 9:
p = double_digit - 9
kazde_druhe.append(p)
else:
kazde_druhe.append(double_digit)
else:
ostatni.append(int(i))
o = sum(ostatni)
k = sum(kazde_druhe)
total = o+k
if total % 10 == 0:
print(f"Your card is valid ")
else:
print(f"Your card is invalid ")
Finally! Thank you all for your help. Now it is working :-)
test = "5573497266530355" kazde_druhe = [] ostatni = []
for index, digit in enumerate(test):
if index % 2 == 0:
double_digit = int(digit) * 2
print(double_digit)
if double_digit > 9:
double_digit = double_digit - 9
kazde_druhe.append(double_digit)
else:
kazde_druhe.append(double_digit)
else:
ostatni.append(int(digit))
o = sum(ostatni)
k = sum(kazde_druhe)
total = o+k if total % 10 == 0:
print(f"Your card is valid ")
else:
print(f"Your card is invalid ")

From this description
2. With the payload, start from the rightmost digit. Moving left, double the value of every second digit (including the rightmost digit).
You have to check the digit position, not the number itself.
Change to this:
for i in range(len(test)):
if i % 2 == 0:

This code works. :)
I fixed you code as much as i could.
test = "5573497266530355"
#test = "3379513561108795"
nums = []
for i in range(len(test)):
if (i % 2) == 0:
num = int(test[i]) * 2
if num > 9:
num -= 9
nums.append(num)
else:
nums.append(int(test[i]))
print(nums)
print((sum(nums) % 10) == 0)
I found where your code went wrong.
On the line:
for i in test:
if int(i) % 2 == 0:
It should be:
for i in range(len(test)):
if i % 2 == 0:
You should not be using the element of the string you should be using the index of the element.

Mastermind Python coding

Ok I have a feeling that this is a simple simple issue but I have been staring at this code for about 10 hours now.
The issue I am having is in mastermind is that once I get it to recognize that I have the correct colors in the right spot I can get it to display the right spots with X and the wrong spots with O. I need to be able to convert that so instead of X and O I need it to tell the user that he/she has 2 blacks and one white
For example: The secret code is RGYB The user enters RGOY so then Python relays "You have 2 blacks(The R and G spots) and one 1 White (The Y because it's the right color just in the wrong index) As of right now I got it to display X for the right color in the right spot and anything else it is an O
I will post what I have been working with now but today I am at my wit's end
https://pastebin.com/HKK0T7bQ
if correctColor != "XXXX":
for i in range(4):
if guess[i] == tempCode[i]:
correctColor += "X"
if guess[i] != tempCode[i] in tempCode:
correctColor += "O"
print (correctColor + "\n")
if correctColor == "XXXX":
if attempts == 1:
print ("You think you are sweet because you got it right on the first try? Play me again!")
else:
print ("Well done... You needed " + str(attempts) + " attempts to guess.")
game = False

A few comments
X and O
you use X and 0 to denote the success, it will be easier and faster to use a list or tuple or booleans for this, that way you can use sum() to count how many colors and locations were correct. Then whether you represent that with X and O or red and white pins is a matter for later
compartmentalization
Your game logic (guess input, input validation, do you want to continue, etc) is mixed with the comparison logic, so it would be best to separate the different functions of your program into different methods.
This is an fineexample to introduce object oriented programming, but is so simple it doesn't need OO, but it can help. What you need is a method which takes a series of colours and compares it to another series of colours
Standard library
Python has a very extended standard library, so a lot of stuff you want to do probably already exists
Correct colours
to count the number of letters which occur in 2 strings, you can use collections.Counter
guess = "RGOY "
solution = "RGYB"
a = collections.Counter(guess)
b = collections.Counter(solution)
a & b
Counter({'G': 1, 'R': 1, 'Y': 1})
correct_colours = sum((a & b).values())
3
So the user guessed 3 colours correctly
Correct locations
can be solved with an easy list comprehension
[g == s for g, s in zip(guess, solution)]
[True, True, False, False]
sum(g == s for g, s in zip(guess, solution))
2
so the used put 2 colours on the correct location

This is a MasterMind I made in Python. Hope you like it and it helped you! :)
import random
import time
from tkinter import *
def select_level():
global level
level = level_selector.get()
root.destroy()
root = Tk()
level_selector = Scale(root, from_=1, to=3, tickinterval=1)
level_selector.set(0)
level_selector.pack()
Button(root, text="Select a difficulty level", command=select_level).pack()
mainloop()
cpc_1_digit = 0
cpc_2_digit = 0
cpc_3_digit = 0
cpc_4_digit = 0
p_1_digit = 0
p_2_digit = 0
p_3_digit = 0
p_4_digit = 0
correct_correct = 0
correct_wrong = 0
chances = 0
if level == 1:
chances = 15
elif level == 2:
chances = 10
else:
chances = 7
cpc_1_digit = random.randint(0, 9)
while cpc_2_digit == cpc_1_digit or cpc_2_digit == cpc_3_digit or cpc_2_digit ==
cpc_4_digit:
cpc_2_digit = random.randint(0, 9)
while cpc_3_digit == cpc_1_digit or cpc_3_digit == cpc_2_digit or cpc_3_digit ==
cpc_4_digit:
cpc_3_digit = random.randint(0, 9)
while cpc_4_digit == cpc_1_digit or cpc_4_digit == cpc_2_digit or cpc_4_digit ==
cpc_3_digit:
cpc_4_digit = random.randint(0, 9)
while chances > 0:
correct_correct = 0
correct_wrong = 0
answer = input("Enter a four-digit number with different digits (e.g 1476): ")
p_1_digit = int(answer[0])
p_2_digit = int(answer[1])
p_3_digit = int(answer[2])
p_4_digit = int(answer[3])
if p_1_digit == cpc_1_digit:
correct_correct = int(correct_correct) + 1
elif p_1_digit == cpc_2_digit or p_1_digit == cpc_3_digit or p_1_digit ==
cpc_4_digit:
correct_wrong = int(correct_wrong) + 1
else:
pass
if p_2_digit == cpc_2_digit:
correct_correct = correct_correct + 1
elif p_2_digit == cpc_1_digit or p_2_digit == cpc_3_digit or p_2_digit ==
cpc_4_digit:
correct_wrong = int(correct_wrong) + 1
else:
pass
if p_3_digit == cpc_3_digit:
correct_correct = int(correct_correct) + 1
elif p_3_digit == cpc_1_digit or p_3_digit == cpc_2_digit or p_3_digit ==
cpc_4_digit:
correct_wrong = int(correct_wrong) + 1
else:
pass
if p_4_digit == cpc_4_digit:
correct_correct = int(correct_correct) + 1
elif p_4_digit == cpc_1_digit or p_4_digit == cpc_3_digit or p_4_digit ==
cpc_2_digit:
correct_wrong = int(correct_wrong) + 1
else:
pass
print("")
if int(correct_correct) == 4:
print("Congratsulations! You found the computer's number!")
break
elif int(correct_wrong) > 0 or int(correct_correct) >= 1 and int(correct_correct)
< 4:
print("You got " + str(correct_correct) + " correct digit(s) in the correct
place, and " + str(correct_wrong) + " correct digit(s) but in wrong place.")
elif int(correct_correct) == 0 and int(correct_wrong) == 0:
print("You didn't guess any number, try again!")
else:
raise Exception("CheckError: line 69, something went wrong with the
comparings.")
exit()
print("")
chances = chances - 1
if chances == 0:
print("You lost... The secret number was " + str(cpc_1_digit) + str(cpc_2_digit)
+ str(cpc_3_digit) + str(cpc_4_digit) + ". Try again by rerunning the program.")
time.sleep(4)

Python text game - Cant exit a while loop

this is the main code:
import MainMod
print("Welcome!")
print("Note: In this games you use wasd+enter to move!\nYou press 1 key and then enter,if you press multiple kets it wont work.\nYou will always move by 5 meters.")
CurrentRoom = 1
#Limits work this way!1st and 2nd number are X values(1st is <---- limit,2nd is ---> limit)
#3rd and 4th are y values(1st is v limit,2nd is ^ limit)
# X and Y are coordinates; 0,0 is the starting point of every room
while True:
if CurrentRoom ==1:
print("This is room 1")
MainMod.roomlimits = [-15 , 15, -15 , 15]
MainMod.doorloc1 = [-15,10,15]
MainMod.doorloc2 = [15,-2,2]
while CurrentRoom == 1:
MainMod.MainLel()
if MainMod.door1 == 1:
print("DAMN SON")
CurrentRoom = 2
break
elif MainMod.door2 == 1:
print("Plz no")
CurrentRoom = 3
break
while CurrentRoom == 2:
MainMod.MainLel()
and this is the MainMod module is :
x = 0
y = 0
roomlimits = 0
doorloc1=0
doorloc2=0
door1 = 0
door2 = 0
direct = 0
def MainLel():
global direct
movementinput()
movement(direct)
doorcheck()
def movement(dir):
global x,y,roomlimits,door1,door2,doorloc1,doorloc2
if dir == "w":
y += 5
if y > roomlimits[3]:
y = roomlimits[3]
print("Youre current coordinates are x:",x," y:",y)
elif dir == "s":
y -= 5
if y < roomlimits[2]:
y = roomlimits[2]
print("Youre current coordinates are x:",x," y:",y)
elif dir == "d":
x += 5
if x > roomlimits[1]:
x = roomlimits[1]
print("Youre current coordinates are x:",x," y:",y)
elif dir == "a":
x -= 5
if x < roomlimits[0]:
x = roomlimits[2]
print("Youre current coordinates are x:",x," y:",y)
def movementinput():
global direct
while True:
direct = input("")
if direct in ("w","a","s","d","W","A","D","S"):
break
else:
print("You failure.")
def doorcheck():
global x,y,doorloc1,doorloc2,door1,door2
if x == doorloc1[0] and doorloc1[1] <= y <= doorloc1[2]:
door1 = 1
elif y == doorloc2[0] and doorloc2[1] <= x <= doorloc2[2]:
door2 = 1
else:
door1,door2 = 0,0
Im using a module instead of classes because i dont know how to use classes yet,anyways,what happens in the program is that if i am in the door location,it simply prints "DAMN SON" and doesnt break out of the Room loop,any help? EDIT NOTE: I added the break statement later on to try if it would help,sadly it didnt,i am also a bit tired so im guessing i made a logic mistake somewhere,thanks in advance for help.
Final edit: The code was functional all along,i was just testing it incorrectly!Thanks for the awnsers,ill close this question now.

Since I could not imagine it didn't work, I added two markers (print commands), to room 1 and 2:
while CurrentRoom == 1:
print("one")
mod.MainLel()
and
while CurrentRoom == 2:
print("two")
mod.MainLel()
This is what happened:
Youre current coordinates are x: -5 y: 15
one
a
Youre current coordinates are x: -10 y: 15
one
a
Youre current coordinates are x: -15 y: 15
DAMN SON
two
a
Youre current coordinates are x: -15 y: 15
two
It turned out to be working fine. The break is redundant however. The loop will break anyway, since the condition becomes False.

python: program hanging! (print issue maybe?)

So, I'm quite nooby at python. I decided to make a program that makes prime numbers. I know there's probably a function built in that does this but I decided to do it myself.
number = 1
numlist = list()
for x in range (0, 1000):
numlist.append("")
print "Created list entry " + str(x)
while True:
number = number + 1
if number % 2 != 0:
numscrollerA = 1
numscrollerB = 1
while numscrollerA <= number:
if float(number) / float(numscrollerA) == float(int(number)):
numlist[numscrollerA] = "true"
if float(number) / float(numscrollerA) != float(int(number)):
numlist[numscrollerA] = "false"
numscrollerA = numscrollerA + 1
while numscrollerB <= number:
if numscrollerB != 1 and numscroller != number and numlist[numscrollerB] == "true":
primestatus = "false"
else:
primestatus = "true"
if primestatus == "true":
print number
I get "Created list entry x" 1000 times as I should. Then the program just hangs.

while numscrollerB <= number:
if numscrollerB != 1 and numscroller != number and numlist[numscrollerB] == "true":
primestatus = "false"
else:
primestatus = "true"
You don't increase numscrollerB in this loop, so it runs infinitedly. Anyway, You should rather use 'for loop':
for numscrollerB in range(1, number+1):
pass # do something

Your code is very unpythonic. Typical of a newcomer experienced in a different style of coding.
Your list is uneccessary.
In python you could create the list like this
def check_even(val):
#this contains your logic
return val % 2 == 0
evenslist = [check_even(i) for i in xrange(1, 1001)]
print numlist