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Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt

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On Sunday, January 20, 2013 8:52:12 PM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM, eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > an else statement is running when it shouldnt be. It is on the last line. Whenever i am in the math or game function, when i type in main, it goes back to the start of the program, but it also says not a valid function. I am stumped!
> 
> 
> 
> Check your indentation levels. I see a few things here that look odd:
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> 
> 
> >     if function == "help":
> 
> >         while helpfunc == 0:
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> >             if helpmain == "main":
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> >         else:
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> 
> 
> What is the else meant to bind to? The innermost if? The 'if function
> 
> == "help"'? It's currently binding to the while.
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> 
> Recommendation: Break this up! Your main loop is huge! It's way too
> 
> easy to get lost in it. And while you're at it, consider unifying some
> 
> of the similar blocks of code. The solution to both issues is simple:
> 
> Use functions. Have you been taught about them yet?
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> 
> 
> Also, side tip: Be honest about homework. I'm fairly sure that's what
> 
> this is. :)
> 
> 
> 
> ChrisA

Its not homework. It is a personal project.

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Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:40 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-20 23:47 -0500
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 15:52 +1100
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:55 -0800
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:55 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:54 -0800
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 22:00 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-21 08:04 +0000
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 05:54 +0100
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:57 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:06 +0100
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:07 +0100
        Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-22 16:39 +0100
          Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 02:42 +1100
            Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-22 16:48 +0100
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 03:07 +1100
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-22 23:22 +0000
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:34 +0100
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-01-22 22:11 -0500
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 17:28 -0800
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-23 12:22 +0100
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-01-23 15:35 +0200
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 09:53 -0500
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-01-25 10:15 +0200
          Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-22 15:48 +0000
            Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-22 15:52 +0000
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:57 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-20 23:57 -0500
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:59 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-21 01:09 -0500
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:59 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 21:46 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 21:56 -0800
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:37 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 05:44 +1100

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