#🔒 Is there a way to print just the name of a variable?

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elder sentinel
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I want to make it so I can print something along the lines of

" 'variable name' bla bla bla 'data' "
i only have 2 sets of variables so i could just use if this print this = this elif that = that but i was wondering if i could just simplify it into one line or so

abstract lotusBOT
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@elder sentinel

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elder sentinel
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specifically im trying to show who draws what card and i have this print(f"Player draws {self.hand.cards[-1]}\n") lined out but i wanna have it say player or dealer depending

cold burrow
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don't you have another variable that is used to specify whether it's the player or the dealer that have drawn?

elder sentinel
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how do you mean

cold burrow
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I mean, I assume you have something like


to_play = 'player'

repeat until end of game:
  if to_play == "player": player draws
  else: dealer draws
  switch to_play
check success
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so you can use the to_play variable to know which one is drawing

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like, this is something you are already aware of,, bc both player and dealers don't play together

elder sentinel
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i use the same class method to handle taking cards from the deck tho

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whats the paste bin thing again

cold burrow
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can you show me some code ?

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!code

abstract lotusBOT
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elder sentinel
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from deck class

    def draw(self):
        return self.cards.pop()

from pile class

    def add(self, card):
        self.cards.append(card)
cold burrow
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what is self here ?

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ok

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wait why do you add cards back to the deck ?

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ok

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nvm

elder sentinel
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i keep hitting enter lol sorry

cold burrow
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right so that's not in this that you'll gonna print antyhing

elder sentinel
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im trying to take bits in context cuz theres alot atp

cold burrow
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can you just paste the whole code in a pastebin

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and point to where you would like to print the variable name

elder sentinel
cold burrow
elder sentinel
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oh pfft i saw the discord ``` formatting and my eyes glossed over

cold burrow
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no prob

elder sentinel
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first one is card handling and second is the actual game you can ignore the rough method its my rough draft im cutting up to try to fit into a class better at least i think im doing it better lol

cold burrow
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alright, so where do you want to print the variable name ?

elder sentinel
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the dealt method

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im wanting to be able to call it similar to the score method where it can be used for anyone and work w that specifically

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tho score just returns a number and i know who im calling it for so a little different

elder sentinel
# elder sentinel the dealt method

where it says rn on line 107 "player draws..." i wanna be able to put either dealer or player without copying the line twice with if statements

cold burrow
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you can do something like



    def dealt(self, who: str):
        hand = self.player if who =="player" else self.dealer
        print(f"{who.capitalize()} draws {hand.cards[-1]}\n")
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and call the function with the appropriate argument

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but like, you can't from a variable get its name

elder sentinel
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damn thats alot cleaner than what i was gonna go for but kinda what i was trying to avoid aswell lol

cold burrow
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names are only identifiers and they can even change, for example, assuming such function nameof exists:


def print_name(x):
    print(nameof(x))

y = 5
print_name(y) # do you expect it to be "y" or "x" ?
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when you code, you are already aware of the name of the variable you use

elder sentinel
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fair also .capitalize will only caps the first letter right?

cold burrow
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IIRC yes

elder sentinel
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baller thats a new one for me lol thank you

cold burrow
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np

elder sentinel
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add that to my mental repository lol

cold burrow
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at the end it's a detail

elder sentinel
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always nice to have outputs that look nice lol

abstract lotusBOT
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