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Dec 12th, 2004, 4:00 PM
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I'm fairly new to python. I am making a simple text 2 player chess game currently. It's working like a charm (I love python's array definitions), but the array is acting wierdly. Here's a snippet of what's mystifieing me.
#this just moves the pieces, board() is just a method that prints out
#a chessboard.
#p is copied into lb
lb = p
wMove2 = raw_input(" To: ")
#p is changed
p[wMove2] = p[wMove1]
p[wMove1] = " "
board(p)
#once this code is completed, lb is THE SAME as p, even though p
#was modified after it was put into lb, board(lb) and board(p) print
#out the same.The whole code is here: (sorry it's messy, I have some long prints) def newGame():
p = {'a1':"wR",'b1':"wN",'c1':"wB",'d1':"wQ",'e1':"wK",'f1':"wB",'g1':"wN",'h1':"wR",
'a2':"wP",'b2':"wP",'c2':"wP",'d2':"wP",'e2':"wP",'f2':"wP",'g2':"wP",'h2':"wP",
'a3':" ",'b3':" ",'c3':" ",'d3':" ",'e3':" ",'f3':" ",'g3':" ",'h3':" ",
'a4':" ",'b4':" ",'c4':" ",'d4':" ",'e4':" ",'f4':" ",'g4':" ",'h4':" ",
'a5':" ",'b5':" ",'c5':" ",'d5':" ",'e5':" ",'f5':" ",'g5':" ",'h5':" ",
'a6':" ",'b6':" ",'c6':" ",'d6':" ",'e6':" ",'f6':" ",'g6':" ",'h6':" ",
'a7':"bP",'b7':"bP",'c7':"bP",'d7':"bP",'e7':"bP",'f7':"bP",'g7':"bP",'h7':"bP",
'a8':"bR",'b8':"bN",'c8':"bB",'d8':"bQ",'e8':"bK",'f8':"bB",'g8':"bN",'h8':"bR"}
board(p)
play(p)
#prints the board to the screen
def board(p):
horizLine = " ----------------------------------------"
print ""
print horizLine," JoeUser's 2 Player Chess!"
print " 8|",p['a8'],"|",p['b8'],"|",p['c8'],"|",p['d8'],"|",p['e8'],"|",p['f8'],"|",p['g8'],"|",p['h8'],"|"
print horizLine," Use the grid notation"
print " 7|",p['a7'],"|",p['b7'],"|",p['c7'],"|",p['d7'],"|",p['e7'],"|",p['f7'],"|",p['g7'],"|",p['h7'],"|"," to move pieces."
print horizLine
print " 6|",p['a6'],"|",p['b6'],"|",p['c6'],"|",p['d6'],"|",p['e6'],"|",p['f6'],"|",p['g6'],"|",p['h6'],"|"
print horizLine
print " 5|",p['a5'],"|",p['b5'],"|",p['c5'],"|",p['d5'],"|",p['e5'],"|",p['f5'],"|",p['g5'],"|",p['h5'],"|"
print horizLine," Commands"
print " 4|",p['a4'],"|",p['b4'],"|",p['c4'],"|",p['d4'],"|",p['e4'],"|",p['f4'],"|",p['g4'],"|",p['h4'],"|"
print horizLine," 'new' -New Game"
print " 3|",p['a3'],"|",p['b3'],"|",p['c3'],"|",p['d3'],"|",p['e3'],"|",p['f3'],"|",p['g3'],"|",p['h3'],"|"," 'undo' -Undo Previous Move"
print horizLine
print " 2|",p['a2'],"|",p['b2'],"|",p['c2'],"|",p['d2'],"|",p['e2'],"|",p['f2'],"|",p['g2'],"|",p['h2'],"|"
print horizLine
print " 1|",p['a1'],"|",p['b1'],"|",p['c1'],"|",p['d1'],"|",p['e1'],"|",p['f1'],"|",p['g1'],"|",p['h1'],"|"
print horizLine
print " a b c d e f g h "
print ""
print ""
print ""
print ""
#play
def play(p):
while 1:
#white's move
print "White's move..."
wMove1 = raw_input("Move from: ")
#new game
if wMove1 == "new":
newGame()
#undoes by changing the board position (p) to the last board postition (p)
elif wMove1 == "undo":
p = lb
#handles castling, also assigns last board (lb) before it changes
elif wMove1 == "o-o" or wMove1 == "o-o-o":
lb = p
if wMove1 == "o-o":
p['e1'],p['f1'],p['g1'],p['h1'] = " ", "wR","wK"," "
if wMove1 == "o-o-o":
p['e1'],p['d1'],p['c1'],p['b1'],p['a1'] = " ","wR","wK"," "," "
#white's move; sets the last board (lb) to position before it changes
elif wMove1 != "o-o" and wMove1 != "o-o-o":
lb = p
wMove2 = raw_input(" To: ")
p[wMove2] = p[wMove1]
p[wMove1] = " "
board(p)
board(lb)
#black's move; repeat above code with black
print "Black's move..."
bMove1 = raw_input("Move from: ")
if bMove1 == "new":
newGame()
elif bMove1 == "undo":
p = lb
elif bMove1 != "o-o" and bMove1 !="o-o-o":
lb = p
bMove2 = raw_input(" To: ")
p[bMove2] = p[bMove1]
p[bMove1] = " "
elif bMove1 == "o-o" or bMove1 == "o-o-o":
lb = p
if bMove1 == "o-o":
p['e8'],p['f8'],p['g8'],p['h8'] = " ", "bR","bK"," "
if bMove1 == "o-o-o":
p['e8'],p['d8'],p['c8'],p['b8'],p['a8'] = " ","bR","bK"," "," "
board(p)
board(lb)
#initializes board and play, starts game
newGame() |
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Dec 12th, 2004, 4:08 PM
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btw, there is a python forum, under scripting
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Dec 12th, 2004, 4:41 PM
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Really? Sorry. Didn't see it.
I've made some progress, I now understand that b=a just makes b another name for a. Unfortunately, I havn't gotten any further than that on how to fix this problem. b = a[:] doesn't work on the type of dictionary arrays I'm using. Anybody know how to copy dictionary arrays (ex: a = {'a':1,'b':2,'c':3} )? |
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Dec 12th, 2004, 4:57 PM
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Dec 12th, 2004, 7:00 PM
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Ahh you're right, I didn't make myself clear. Let me clarify, I now understand that array b=array a just makes array b another name for array a. That's only true of arrays.
The question remains, how do you make an independent copy of a definition array? And admin thanks for moving to the right forum. |
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Dec 12th, 2004, 9:49 PM
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I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but if you're trying to copy from dictionary to another variable all it is is this.
>>>a = {'a':1,'b':2,'c':3}
>>>b = a
>>>print b
{'a':1,'b':2,'c':3}As you can see, b is an exact copy of a. If that doesn't answere your question, keep asking. |
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Dec 12th, 2004, 10:55 PM
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Yes I know! But take this piece of code for example
>>> a = {'a':1,'b':2,'c':3}
>>> b = a
>>> print a
{'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2}
>>> b['a'] = 9999
>>> print a
{'a': 9999, 'c': 3, 'b': 2}Arrays in python act strangely, they act more like methods than variables. The question is, how do I copy one array into an independent array? With normal arrays (such as a = [1,2,3]), you would do this by "splicing" it with b = a[:] . But with definition arrays (a = {'a':1,'b':2,'c':3}) splice doesn't work. |
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Dec 13th, 2004, 7:06 PM
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I figured it out. With normal arrays, you create an independent array with
arrayA = arrayB[:] arrayA = arrayB.copy() |
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