Ren'Py Ok, one more Ren'py question

[seamanq]

This is the last little bit of code that I need to fix for this VN adventure, then I should be good to go. Earlier on in the game there is a choice and I set variables:

menu:
     "What should I do?"

     "Look a little closer.":
        $ was_peeking = "true"
        jump peeking

     "Wait patiently in the living room.":
        $ was_peeking = "false"
        jump notpeeking

Later on I call on the variable was_peeking to shape other dialogue with a different character, to wit:

if was_peeking = true:
    jump was_peeking
else:
    jump was_not_peeking

I have looked this up multiple places and just can't see where I am goofing up on this code. Any assistance would be appreciated. I have tried putting quotes around "true" in the second case and not, but it does not seem to make a difference.

 

[anne O'nymous]

I have looked this up multiple places and just can't see where I am goofing up on this code.

You really found nothing when you searched about Boolean value in Python and Ren'py ?

        $ was_peeking = True

        $ was_peeking = False

if was_peeking == True:

Edit: Oops, had missed the problem pointed by @Nottravis , fixed it.

 

[Nottravis]

This is the last little bit of code that I need to fix for this VN adventure, then I should be good to go. Earlier on in the game there is a choice and I set variables:

menu:
     "What should I do?"

     "Look a little closer.":
        $ was_peeking = "true"
        jump peeking

     "Wait patiently in the living room.":
        $ was_peeking = "false"
        jump notpeeking

Later on I call on the variable was_peeking to shape other dialogue with a different character, to wit:

if was_peeking = true:
    jump was_peeking
else:
    jump was_not_peeking

I have looked this up multiple places and just can't see where I am goofing up on this code. Any assistance would be appreciated. I have tried putting quotes around "true" in the second case and not, but it does not seem to make a difference.

You'll kick yourself for this one. But don't worry I did exactly the same at one point.

In checking the variable try == instead of a single =. See if that works.

 

[Quonix]

You set the variables wrong and you are also checking them wrong.

menu:
     "What should I do?"

     "Look a little closer.":
        $ was_peeking = True
        jump peeking

     "Wait patiently in the living room.":
        $ was_peeking = False
        jump notpeeking

By typing $ was_peeking = "true" or "false" you were setting was_peeking as a string, instead of as a boolean.

if was_peeking == True:
    jump was_peeking
else:
    jump was_not_peeking

Here you were also trying to set it as a boolean, instead of checking it, the difference lies in (1) = vs (2) == , = is for setting, == is for checking, although when checking if a boolean is true you can also just do:

if was_peeking:
    jump was_peeking
else:
    jump was_not_peeking

 

[seamanq]

You really found nothing when you searched about Boolean value in Python and Ren'py ?

Fortunately I have made it very clear that I am a total NooB with Ren'py and Python (first project, loaded it less than a month ago), so I escape looking like an idiot. In order to find "Boolean value" in Python and Ren'py, I would have had to of known that it was a Boolean value I was looking for. Lesson learned.

 

[seamanq]

You set the variables wrong and you are also checking them wrong.

menu:
     "What should I do?"

     "Look a little closer.":
        $ was_peeking = True
        jump peeking

     "Wait patiently in the living room.":
        $ was_peeking = False
        jump notpeeking

By typing $ was_peeking = "true" or "false" you were setting was_peeking as a string, instead of as a boolean.

if was_peeking == True:
    jump was_peeking
else:
    jump was_not_peeking

Here you were also trying to set it as a boolean, instead of checking it, the difference lies in (1) = vs (2) == , = is for setting, == is for checking, although when checking if a boolean is true you can also just do:

if was_peeking:
    jump was_peeking
else:
    jump was_not_peeking

Thanks for the clear explanation. Now I can see the difference between distinguishing something as a text variable as opposed to a Boolean value, and how to check a Boolean value. Thanks so much for your clear explanation.

 

[Dogeek]

Side note : you don't have to do if was_peeking == True. if evaluates any truthy value, which means that if was_peeking: is cleaner and more readable while still being syntactically correct.

 

[seamanq]

Side note : you don't have to do if was_peeking == True. if evaluates any truthy value, which means that if was_peeking: is cleaner and more readable while still being syntactically correct.

Yes, you are right on that. I am literally in my first week of working with Python, so I am getting to know my way around it. Ideas like this will help me to write tighter code.