🔒 Passing variables through parameters

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@pine ibex

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[pine ibex]

why is my post deleted?

what

anyways

I needed some help regarding passing variables through parameters

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[topaz lion]

By the name of your question, it sounds you come from a compiled language and wanted passing by reference? Is my guess correct?
Or is this about something else?

[pine ibex]

no

uh

def menuFeature(stdID):
print("Student Transcript Generation System")
print("==================================================")
print("1. Student Details")
print("2. Statistics")
print("3. Transcript based on major courses")
print("4. Transcript based on minor courses")
print("5. Full Transcript")
print("6. Previous Request")
print("7. Select another student")
print("8. Terminate System")
print("==================================================")
feature_number = int(input("Enter Your Feature: "))
print()

#The print statements will be changed later on
if feature_number == 1:
    detailsFeature(stdID)
elif feature_number == 2:
    statisticsFeature(stdID)
elif feature_number == 3:
    majorTranscriptFeature(stdID)
elif feature_number == 4:
    minorTranscriptFeature(stdID)
elif feature_number == 5:
    fullTranscriptFeature()
elif feature_number == 6:
    previousRequestsFeature(stdID)
elif feature_number == 7:
    newStudentFeature()
elif feature_number == 8:
    terminateFeature()
else:
    print("Invalid feature")

before this code, there's a long ass code of just asking for an ID which is stored in stdID as seen being transferred through parameters so yeah I have these 8 functions and in the last function, which is terminateFeature, it needs to display the total number of times the other 7 functions have been used which will be stored in the requests variable, before exiting, I badly need help in building that🥲

here are the last two codes that needs modification:

def newStudentFeature():

confirm = input("New student entry? Y/N: ").strip().upper()
if confirm == "Y":
    print('\n' * 100)
    main()
else:
    terminateFeature()

def terminateFeature():
print(f"There were {requests} requests made.")
exit()

[pine ibex]

the thing is I wanna create a variable named requests but i cant use global or class

that variable counts how many times functions 1-7 is called

[pine ibex]

btw function 1 to 7 reverts back to the menuFeature which is the first code here

so sorry again for comitting so many mistakes😭im just so stressed out rn..

[topaz lion]

Meaning they execute it?
Please don't, you're making it recursive.
The functions should just end, the menu should be in a loop instead (to run until user selects to terminate)

[pine ibex]

i actually want to send the file cuz i want someone to review my code🙏

[pine ibex]

the thing is yeah i wanted to do it this way but my teacher wants it that way and if we dont follow, we're gonna have a failing mark even tho it's a better code

[pine ibex]

what I meant is after every function, it reverts back to the menu and yeah

[topaz lion]

💀 what

If you do a loop and there's no functions running other functions, you can just keep the counter inside the menu function and increase it every time...

With the teacher's thing, you gotta use a global variable

[pine ibex]

yeah fuck, we cant use a global variable

btw

uh

mmm

lemme try that suggestion

the loop one

how can I do that + the counter thing

thank you so much🙏you're a very good person T^T i cant figure it out myself since im in my first year with no knowledge in python, im just trying to do it myself with self study cuz our teacher doesnt wanna teach us

[topaz lion]

Menu would be basically in a while True
Since the terminate does exit(), you don't even need a break, lol (but you'd normally break in the else and run terminate outside the loop).

Then the counter will be just added any time user selects 1-7
And passed as argument to terminate

[pine ibex]

yea i get that wait lemme uh try that

but how about the counter one?

how can i put it? like

yk

OH WAIT

WAIT WAIT WAIT

I THINK I GOT IT

WAIT A SEC

lemme try to do it

[topaz lion]

You can increase the counter in each if/elif
Or just add if 0<feature_number<8: and increase the counter

[pine ibex]

oki thank uuu will do

[topaz lion]

But it's weird the new student exits the whole program on N answer.
Just don't add the entry but still keep running the program.

As I said, keeping track of the counter inside the menu is only possible if the 1-7 functions don't run each other (includes running 8 terminate, because you gotta pass the counter to it)

[pine ibex]

oh oki oki mmmmm

[topaz lion]

Btw did you learn classes?
Because if those things were inside a class, you could use that to keep the counter without using the global keyword

[pine ibex]

yea about that...

self study shit

cuz our teacher is shit

doesnt teach us

uh

i did this

def menuFeature(stdID):
    while True:
        requests = 0
        print("Student Transcript Generation System")
        print("==================================================")
        print("1. Student Details")
        print("2. Statistics")
        print("3. Transcript based on major courses")
        print("4. Transcript based on minor courses")
        print("5. Full Transcript")
        print("6. Previous Request")
        print("7. Select another student")
        print("8. Terminate System")
        print("==================================================")
        feature_number = int(input("Enter Your Feature: "))
        print()

        #The print statements will be changed later on
        if feature_number == 1:
            detailsFeature(stdID)
        elif feature_number == 2:
            statisticsFeature(stdID)
        elif feature_number == 3:
            majorTranscriptFeature(stdID)
        elif feature_number == 4:
            minorTranscriptFeature(stdID)
        elif feature_number == 5:
            fullTranscriptFeature()
        elif feature_number == 6:
            previousRequestsFeature(stdID)
        elif feature_number == 7:
            newStudentFeature(requests)
        elif feature_number == 8:
            terminateFeature(requests)
        else:
            print("Invalid feature")
        requests += 1

[pine ibex]

the counter doesnt increase whyyyy T^T

i'll try to fix it

ah just wrong placement of starting value

[pulsar pagoda]

you set it to 0 each loop

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