[Tutor] 'elp!!!!!!!1Totally Clueless Newbie In Distress

[Geoframer]

Accidentally the number of function definitions does not help the clarity of
the program, even though it's completely unclear to me what exactly you are
trying to do. :-)
I rewrote your program a bit combining the definition of the functions, the
comparision of the functions and removed the chance that your program goes
on the define/compare values that have not been defined.

*** Insert redone code ***
altura_aeronave = 0
largura_aeronave = 0
comprimento_aeronave = 0
comprimento = 0
largura = 0
altura = 0

def compativel():
    global altura, altura_aeronave, comprimento, comprimento_aeronave, \
           largura, largura_aeronave
    if not largura <= largura_aeronave:
        print 'Volume largo demais!'
    elif not altura <= altura_aeronave:
        print 'Volume alto demais!'
    elif not comprimento<=comprimento_aeronave:
        print 'Volume comprido demais!'

def define():
    global largura, altura, comprimento
    largura=input()
    altura=input()
    comprimento=input()

def porao():
    global altura_aeronave, largura_aeronave, comprimento
    porao = input()
    if porao == 1 :
        altura_aeronave = 111
        largura_aeronave = 112
        comprimento = 211
        return 1
    elif porao == 4:
        altura_aeronave = 112
        largura_aeronave = 113
        comprimento = 212
        return 1
    else:
        print "Porao inexistente!"


if porao():
    define()
    compativel()

On 1/19/07, Geoframer <geoframer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Alright this code is actually littered with bugs, but don't feel bad,
> because as you state you are new to the whole programming thing. I'll try to
> explain the things i see going wrong (please take into account that i'm also
> a new pythonist ;-))
>
> ***
> You get the error 'variable undefined' because you are declaring a global
> in an incorrect manner. The correct manner is to define the variable in the
> global scope then start a definition, declare that you are using a global
> variable and then assign it. Like this :
>
> bla = 'Hello world'
>
> def func():
>     global bla
>     print bla
> ***
> If you do :
> porao = raw_input()
> You'll define the integer value as a string, not an integer. If you are
> sure that only an integer will be entered use input() (slower) or
> int(raw_input()). In either case you should use try and except clauses more
> in your code because if not a 1 or 4 is entered your code will continue
> without having the variables declared! Leading to other errors.
> ***
> Now suppose you get the definitions using globals correct then you'll get
> new errors stating that an 'int' is not callable.
> This happens because you define for example altura as an integer and then
> also define a function called altura. If you now use :
> altura()
> It'll try to call the integer object and will fail.
> Easy solution would be to make the function something like alturadef()
> ***
> As for your identation you should use consistent identation... I suggest
> using python -t or python -tt to compile your script and it will give
> warnings/errors where the identation goes wrong.
> ***
> Here's how i altered your code (quick and dirty probably, it should be
> more clean using try and except clauses and what not) to get it to work but
> you can probably better look that up in a python book and then return to the
> list if you don't understand it :
>
> #Ok,this is supposed to be a 2 option choice between values 1 and 4,
> #i want the value to determine the variable values inside the function
>
> altura_aeronave = 0
> largura_aeronave = 0
> comprimento_aeronave = 0
> comprimento = 0
> largura = 0
> altura = 0
>
> def porao():
>     global altura_aeronave, largura_aeronave, comprimento
>     porao = input()
>     if porao == 1 :
>         altura_aeronave = 111
>         largura_aeronave = 112
>         comprimento = 211
>     elif porao == 4:
>         altura_aeronave = 112
>         largura_aeronave = 113
>         comprimento = 212
>     else:
>         print "Porão inexistente"
>
> #These three functions were supposed to get input from user so it can be
> compared
> #with the values determinated(determined?)above
> def larguradef():
>     global largura
>     largura=input()
>
> def alturadef():
>     global altura
>     altura=input()
>
> def comprimentodef():
>     global comprimento
>     comprimento = input()
>
> #These are the comparison functions
> def largura_compativel ():
>     global largura, largura_aeronave
>     if not largura <= largura_aeronave:
>         print 'Volume largo demais!'
>
> def altura_compativel ():
>     global altura, altura_aeronave
>     if not altura <= altura_aeronave:
>         print 'Volume alto demais!'
>
> def comprimento_compativel ():
>     global comprimento, comprimento_aeronave
>     if not comprimento<=comprimento_aeronave:
>         print 'Volume comprido demais!'
>
> #Try to run this damn thing,man!!!!!1
> porao()
> #print altura_aeronave, largura_aeronave, comprimento
> larguradef()
> alturadef()
> comprimentodef()
> largura_compativel()
> altura_compativel
> comprimento_compativel()
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/19/07, Karl Wittgenstein <miago.python at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > Dear Smart Caring Dude,
> > I've been dabbling into Python for about 6 weeks now.I'm a Social
> > Sciences student who just got interested in programming and chose Python as
> > first language.I have little time to practice and I am just getting
> > into  programming concepts,so please be patient,in case you are so kind as
> > to enlighten this poor soul.
> > I am trying to write this program which should compare values that are
> > set by the program  through user's choice to values that the user enters on
> > a prompt.I use SPE on windows xp,and it tells me that there are
> > indentation erros on the definitions.Isn't it legal to start a new block
> > of code when starting a definition?And how come it returns 'variable' not
> > defined,when they are defined by the = ??Should i make them global?
> > I would be very grateful to the patient soul that answers these
> > questions,as my learning interest is sincere and the knowledge sources so
> > disperse.
> > Here goes the code:
> >
> > #Ok,this is supposed to be a 2 option choice between values 1 and 4,
> > #i want the value to determine the variable values inside the function
> > def porao():
> >     porao = raw_input()
> >     if porao == 1 :
> >         global altura_aeronave = 111
> >         global largura_aeronave = 112
> >         global comprimento = 211
> >     elif porao == 4:
> >        global altura_aeronave = 112
> >        global largura_aeronave = 113
> >        global comprimento = 212
> >     else:
> >         print "Porão inexistente"
> > #These three functions were supposed to get input from user so it can be
> > compared
> > #with the values determinated(determined?)above
> > def largura():
> >    global largura=input()
> > def altura():
> >    global altura=input()
> > def comprimento():
> >    global comprimento = input()
> > #These are the comparison functions
> > def largura_compativel ():
> >     if not largura <= largura_aeronave:
> >         print 'Volume largo demais!'
> > def altura_compativel ():
> >     if not altura <= altura_aeronave:
> >         print 'Volume alto demais!'
> > def comprimento_compativel ():
> >     if not comprimento<=comprimento_aeronave:
> >         print 'Volume comprido demais!'
> > #Try to run this damn thing,man!!!!!1
> > porao()
> > largura()
> > altura()
> > comprimento()
> > largura_compativel()
> > altura_compativel
> > comprimento_compativel()
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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