🔒 Inputs not working on vs code

[lime belfry]

I have a bit of experience with python. I can write bare basic functions and use basic algorithms and stuff. I'm trying to make a function that requires input to work properly. Basically an npc would ask the player where their allegiance lies. I'm on vs studio code and every time I attempt to run it, it just spits out the prompt for the input and one of the answer choices with no input from me. I have the microsoft python extensions plus code runner. I'm kinda at a loss for what to do here.

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@lime belfry

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[lime belfry]

code goes as follows

[orchid skiff]

Save your code

And also, .lower is a method, you need to call it
Like your_answer.lower()

[lime belfry]

Thank you

Its still not allowing me to input anything

I just got an error message like NameError: your_answer is not defined when it's not even giving me the prompt for the input

[next knoll]

can you paste the code here?

[arctic kite]

your_answer = input("Who do you swear allegiance to?")
def ilthias_law():
    if your_answer.lower() == 'ilthias':
        print("Understood go forth")
    else:
        print("You are not welcome here, Begone!")
ilthias_law()````

you just needed round brackets

[next knoll]

that was mentioned already above

[arctic kite]

I know but thought I'd post the working code

[next knoll]

but the error they're showing doesn't appear to be from that code above, so it would be nice to see the latest from them

[lime belfry]

Hold on sorry I was taking care of getting some food

[arctic kite]

also I'd recomend avoiding the global scope with variables where possible so something like this ```py
def ilthias_law(your_answer):
if your_answer.lower() == 'ilthias':
print("Understood go forth")
else:
print("You are not welcome here, Begone!")

def main():
your_answer = input("Who do you swear allegiance to?")
ilthias_law(your_answer)

if name == "main":
main()
```

[lime belfry]

your_answer = input("Who do you swear your allegiance to?")
def ilthias_law():
if your_answer.lower() == "ilthias":
print("Understood, go forth")
else:
print("You are not welcome here, Begone!")
ilthias_law()

[arctic kite]

thanks bot

[orchid skiff]

!e

your_answer = "test"# input("Who do you swear your allegiance to?")
def ilthias_law():
    if your_answer.lower() == "ilthias":
        print("Understood, go forth")
    else:
        print("You are not welcome here, Begone!")
ilthias_law()

[muted verge]

:white_check_mark: Your 3.13 eval job has completed with return code 0.

You are not welcome here, Begone!

[lime belfry]

So what does global scope mean?

[orchid skiff]

Did you properly save the file?

[next knoll]

I wouldn't expect a NameError from this, but Pixler is right with their solution. You shouldn't be accessing global variables that way

[lime belfry]

Yeah

[next knoll]

you shouldn't create a variable outside of a function and then access it from within the function

there are reasons to break this rule, but this is not a situation where you should

[lime belfry]

Ahhhhh that makes sense, so general rule when using variables that are specific to a function you should define them within the function

[next knoll]

yes exactly

or this is where we can introduce parameters, like Pixler's example shows

[orchid skiff]

Take a screenshot of the whole VSCode

[next knoll]

this little white dot means the file is unsaved

[lime belfry]

Alright, hold on I'm gonna just put the variable into the function itself

It worked

Thank you all

I anticipate that I'm probably gonna have more questions as I learn more python lol. But thank you all for your help

[next knoll]

Np, that's all part of the learning process 🙂

[muted verge]

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