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Locate user input in a string. - MjBaca - Apr-23-2018 New to Python, new to programming, sort of.. I love to play classic CRPG's, however instead of pulling out the graph paper to map out the dungeons as I play I decided to write a program that essentially allows me the joy of manually mapping out a dungeon, but using a digital map instead. I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm learning as go. I'm supplying a prompt '(0)>' from which I want to collect user input using: Con_Command = input(Con_Sole)Am I adding 'Con_sole' '(0)>' to the users input? I think it is, so I am using this line: Con_Command = Con_Command[5]To try and find the first letter of the users input which currently is all I need to know, at least for now. However I'm getting an 'string index out of range error' so I must not be looking in the place place, or the input is not a string, because the if statements never run; hence why I added this line. If I try and print 'Con_Command' I get a memory address so, I'm lost. #Console Cursor_Position=[0,0] Con_Sole = '(0)> ' Con_Command = '' #Dungeon_Entrances Dungeon_Entrances=['...you feel something crawling across your feet.', '...you get the sense of being watched from somewhere in the darkness just ahead.', 'You hear a odd scream coming from deeper inside the dungeon', 'What was that sound? The rattling of bones underfoot me thinks.', 'Have a coin for the ferryman? You\'re going to be crossing the river styx quite often.'] print(" Welcome to the ye old CRPG Dungeon Mapper. If this is your first\n time here you can read the [M]anual" " (\'crpgdm manual\'). You can\n also start a \'new\' map, \'load\' a previously explored area, or\n sit here and " "\'enjoy\' the darkness.\n\n") print (random.choice(Dungeon_Entrances)) print('\n\n') Con_Command = input(Con_Sole) Con_Command = Con_Command[5] if (Con_Command) == 'new': if (Con_Command) == 'n': print('new dungeon routine runs here') if (Con_Command) == 'load': if (Con_Command) == 'l': print('load routine runs here') if (Con_Command) == 'enjoy': if (Con_Command) == 'darkness': print('easter egg routine runs here') else: print('You\'ll have to be more specific. Type 'Manual' for help or \'crpgdm manual\' on the console.') RE: Locate user input in a string. - Gribouillis - Apr-23-2018 What is the output if you print Con_Command? RE: Locate user input in a string. - MjBaca - Apr-23-2018 A moment ago I swear it printed out a memory address, now ,however, it prints the user input as intended without the prompt included. So if I type 'new' Con_Command is 'new'. However the results of the 'if' statements never get's printed. So I assume it's never run. RE: Locate user input in a string. - Gribouillis - Apr-23-2018 You need to remove line 21 with the [5] . Also note that line 32 is unreachable.
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