Help about a function

[walernor]

Hi to everyone,

I have a question. I have a game map and 5 monsters. I want all my monsters born on the "dirt" not on the rock or water and I have this code;

while True:
    mnstrh=random.randint(0,mapheight-1)
    mnstrw=random.randint(0,mapwidth-1)
    if floormap[mnstrh][mnstrw]=="dirt":
        monsterpos[0]=mnstrw
        monsterpos[1]=mnstrh
        break
    else:
        True

while True:
    mnstrh1=random.randint(0,mapheight-1)
    mnstrw1=random.randint(0,mapwidth-1)
    if floormap[mnstrh1][mnstrw1]=="dirt":
        monster1pos[0]=mnstrw1
        monster1pos[1]=mnstrh1
        break
    else:
        True

Monster variable names are monster,monster1... and their position names are monsterpos, monster1pos, monster2pos..

How can I shorten this code by using a function? I know that there is a short way by using a function but I can't do it :) Thanks in advance.