Question

python game of stones. Please help

Answer 1

Here's my code

numStones = 100


def isValid(player1):
try:
player1 = int(player1)
if player1 in range(6):
return True
else:
return False
except ValueError:
return False

while numStones > 0:
print "Welcome to this game of stones, there are now %s stones remaining in the pile" % (numStones)
player1 = isValid(raw_input('enter integer'))
while not isValid(player1):
print 'boo'



For some reason, even though I have tested my isValid statement, and it returns True and False as expected, I am not able to access it with the while not isValid statement?
how come?

Answer 2

When you call isValid() with raw_input, you're passing a string. The boolean that isValid() returns is assigned to the player1 variable. Then you call isValid() with the boolean in the while statement.