🔒 my rock paper scissors aint workin!! keeps saying "syntax error" :(

[narrow vapor]

import random
RPClist = ["rock", "paper", "scissors"]
PlayerChoice = input("this is rock paper scissors. please choose one of three. or else!")
PythonChoice = random.choice(RPClist)

if PlayerChoice == PythonChoice:
print("tie")

elif PlayerChoice == "scissors":
if PythonChoice == "rock":
print("you win!")
else:
print("you lose :(")
elif PlayerChoice =="rock":
if PythonChoice =="paper":
print("you lose :(")
else:
print("you win!")
elif PlayerChoice == "paper":
if PythonChoice == "scissors":
print("you lose :(")
else:
print("you win!")

[limpid sequoia]

@narrow vapor

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[waxen sand]

Can you share the full error message?

[edgy galleon]

where does the error say the syntax issue is?

[waxen sand]

I suspect its the else

[waxen sand]

Is this IDLE?

[narrow vapor]

yeah

i stopped paying attention first marking period and im finally getting my stuff together

so im pretty lost

[waxen sand]

After running it in IDLE and getting that error, you should see a red cursor in your file where that error is

[narrow vapor]

yeah i got the same thing

same one

[waxen sand]

I know. But do you see where the line/place in the code where the error is happening at?

IDLE isn't making it obvious enough to show where the error is

[narrow vapor]

IDLE blows

[waxen sand]

But if I run this in a terminal, it gets a little bit more obvious

> py .\pingasrps.py
  File "C:\Users\User\Downloads\pingasrps.py", line 14
    elif PlayerChoice =="rock":
    ^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[narrow vapor]

huh

it looks fine

[waxen sand]

If its fine, then it wouldn't error 🙂

Anyways, do you see the error now?

[narrow vapor]

no😭 😭 😭

this is like my first time really trying python

[waxen sand]

Do you see this red arrow?

[narrow vapor]

yes

[waxen sand]

OK. Do you see the line that its pointing at?

[narrow vapor]

line 14

[waxen sand]

yup

Do you understand what the error is saying at line 14?

[narrow vapor]

not the slightest clue

my syntax is off

[waxen sand]

So if else statements always comes as a group

1 if, 1 else

You can have many elif in between the if and the else

But once you have the else, you cannot have an elif after that.

[narrow vapor]

UGHHHHH

im gonn have to gut my code

[waxen sand]

if bla:
  ...
elif bla1:
  ...
elif bla2:
  ...
else:
  ...

[narrow vapor]

so could i just move my other elifs on at the end

[waxen sand]

You can move however you want but the structure is always starts with 1 if, then many elifs if any, and then 1 else at the end

But looking at your code, you could probably structure it better with and at least when comparing two things

e.g.

elif PlayerChoice == "scissors" and PythonChoice == "rock":
  print("you win!")
...

[narrow vapor]

my heads gonna pop

[waxen sand]

Your problem is that you're using nested ifs

[waxen sand]

Take it slow. You'll get it eventually 🙂

[narrow vapor]

this looks a lot more simple

could i just put a bunch of those for each combonation

[waxen sand]

you could

[narrow vapor]

im gonna try it

thanks man

[waxen sand]

looking back, this is wrong tho. Rock beats Scissors 🙂

[narrow vapor]

my army of statements is failing me

i have a feeling python thinks they are all connected

[waxen sand]

Where's the if and elif?

[narrow vapor]

i killed them

i probably need that

in retrospect

HES WORKING

like a well oiled machine

[limpid sequoia]

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