manipulate variables in a function in python-CodePudding

comp_sc = 0
game_start = False

def main():
    turn_start = input('Are you Ready to play? ').lower()
    if turn_start == 'n':
        game_start = False
        print('No one is willing to play!!!')
    if turn_start == 'y':
        game_start = True

    #while game_start == True:
    for x in range(1, 5):
        com_move(comp_sc)

def roll():
    ***


def com_move(comp_sc):
    turn_score = int(roll())
    if turn_score < 6:
        comp_sc =  turn_score
        print(comp_sc, 'comp_sc')
    elif turn_score == 6:
        comp_sc =  0
        game_start = False
    return comp_sc

in my com_move function, I don't see turn_score (which is outputting a random number through random module) adding it in comp_sc variable. when I run this function - comp_sc is always equal to turn_score - instead of adding up all the 5 turn_score in it.

Thank you

CodePudding user response：

computer_score is a local variable inside the computer_move function. You are doing the correct thing by returning it, but then you just ignore this return value. Instead, you could assign it back to the computer_score variable in the calling function:

for x in range(1, 5):
    computer_score = computer_move(computer_score, human_score)

CodePudding user response：

It is because you write computerscore = turnscore which is setting computerscore to the positive value of turnscore, so they will always be the same.

The right way would be to write computerscore = turnscore which will add the turnscore to the computerscore.