variable isn't recognized by if structure

[Prof_Jar_Jar]

Hey there!

I don't get this:

I have a code that goes like this (simplified, but essentially that):

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def q():     loop = True     CC = 0     WC = 3     while loop == True:         for event in pygame.event.get():             if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP:                 mposx,mposy = pygame.mouse.get_pos()                                   if 200 < mposx < 300 and 150 < mposy < 200:                     print ('Correct')                     CC = CC+1                 if 400 < mposx < 500 and 150 < mposy < 200:                     print ('Wrong')                     WC = WC-1           print (CC)         print (WC)         if CC == 10:             loop = False             check = True             return check             print ('Win')         if WC == 0:             loop = False             check = False             return check             print ('Fail')         pygame.display.update()     clock.tick(30)

But when I run that and I click on the wrong button in the game, it prints WC as running down to 0, but then restores it to 3 and drops out of the loop, the second time it hits 0, but without printing 'Fail'.

So it basically says in the print line "WC is O" and the next line "if WC == 0" doesnt get activated.

I am so confused and would be very thankful for any help!

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Update: When I just run this:

1 2	q() print ('End')

it works, but when I run this:

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q() check = q() print (check) print ('End')

the problem I described above occurs
Maybe that's helping? For me it's just confusing...

[Windspar]

You need a better test code.

How I would test code.

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import pygame pygame.init()   class SimpleButton:     def __init__(self, caption, font_color, button_color, rect):         font = pygame.font.Font(None, 16)         self.rect = rect         self.color = button_color         self.text = font.render(caption, 1, font_color)         self.text_rect = self.text.get_rect()         self.text_rect.center = rect.center       def draw(self, surface):         surface.fill(self.color, self.rect)         surface.blit(self.text, self.text_rect)   class Scene:     def __init__(self):         self.rect = pygame.Rect(0, 0, 800, 600)         pygame.display.set_caption('Example')         self.surface = pygame.display.set_mode(self.rect.size)         self.clock = pygame.time.Clock()           correct_rect = pygame.Rect(200, 150, 100, 50)         wrong_rect = correct_rect.move(200, 0)         self.buttons = [             SimpleButton('Correct', (255,255,255), (0,200,0), correct_rect),             SimpleButton('Wrong', (255,255,255), (200,0,0), wrong_rect)             ]           self.correct_count = 0         self.wrong_count = 3         self.font = pygame.font.Font(None, 16)         self.correct_text = self.font.render(str(self.correct_count), 1, (0, 255, 0))         self.wrong_text = self.font.render(str(self.wrong_count), 1, (255, 0, 0))         self.end_text = None       def loop(self):         self.running = True         while self.running:             for event in pygame.event.get():                 if event.type == pygame.QUIT:                     self.running = False                 if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:                     if self.buttons[0].rect.collidepoint(*event.pos):                         self.correct_count += 1                         if self.correct_count == 10:                             self.end_text = self.font.render('Win', 1, (0, 255, 0))                             self.correct_count = 0                             self.wrong_count = 3                             self.wrong_text = self.font.render(str(self.wrong_count), 1, (255, 0, 0))                           self.correct_text = self.font.render(str(self.correct_count), 1, (0, 255, 0))                     elif self.buttons[1].rect.collidepoint(*event.pos):                         self.wrong_count -= 1                         if self.wrong_count == 0:                             self.end_text = self.font.render('Lost', 1, (255, 0, 0))                             self.correct_count = 0                             self.wrong_count = 3                             self.correct_text = self.font.render(str(self.correct_count), 1, (0, 255, 0))                           self.wrong_text = self.font.render(str(self.wrong_count), 1, (255, 0, 0))               self.surface.fill((0,0,0))               self.surface.blit(self.correct_text, (10, 10))             self.surface.blit(self.wrong_text, (100, 10))             if self.end_text:                 self.surface.blit(self.end_text, (200, 10))               for button in self.buttons:                 button.draw(self.surface)               pygame.display.flip()             self.clock.tick(30)           pygame.quit()   scene = Scene() scene.loop()

[Prof_Jar_Jar]

As I said, I'm new to Python and thats beyond my current level. Thanks for trying to improve my code, but I don't understand that anymore. I am aware, that I am overcomplicating a lot of things, but I can better understand them if I do them very primitively.

Do you have any idea, how the "check = q()" command changes so much in "the q()-loop"?

[Windspar]

You need to do a better test example.
Remove all pygame stuff from q.
All q does is run an infinite loop.
So it unclear where the error is.
It always prints zero then three. Never ending.