🔒 My code isn't working

[viscid lodge]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:/Users/----/Downloads/_1/main.py", line 13, in <module>
@client.event
NameError: name 'client' is not defined
PS C:\Users----\Downloads_1> & C:/Users/----/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38/python.exe c:/Users/----/Downloads/_1/main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:/Users/----/Downloads/_1/main.py", line 13, in <module>
@client.event
NameError: name 'client' is not defined

[balmy lava]

@viscid lodge

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[hushed mountain]

well, maybe you need to define that name somewhere then?

oh, and please update to a supported Python version

yours is quite old

[viscid lodge]

I use 3.8

[hushed mountain]

so it seems, but you should be using something newer

3.13 unless you have a good reason to use something older

[viscid lodge]

alrighty, I'll download it. Can you send me the link to it?

[hushed mountain]

surely you can find python.org

[viscid lodge]

aight

[viscid lodge]

btw how can I do this? I'm quite new to coding.

[hushed mountain]

you can't just throw random code together and expect it to work

there has to be some kind of conscious plan on what it will do

like what do you expect @client.event to do?

[viscid lodge]

@client.event
async def on_ready():
print("The bot is ready")

[hushed mountain]

and?

what's client here?

where is it defined?

[viscid lodge]

I didn't define it yet, would be nice if you told me how to define it

[hushed mountain]

maybe start with something simpler than writing a discord bot without any coding experience

so you can get familiar with the basics

then progress to more complex tasks such as this

[viscid lodge]

alright

[balmy lava]

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