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It keeps giving me this elif syntax error in line 103 and I have NO idea where it's coming from. UGH!!!

python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
  1. #!/usr/bin/python
  2.  
  3. import os.path
  4.  
  5. #nxn board, in this case n = 10
  6. n = 10
  7. #will hold the positions similar to n-queens
  8. allPositions = []
  9. #current state of board used for comparisons
  10. state = []
  11. #defining captured and inaRow
  12. blackPairCap = 0
  13. whitePairCap = 0
  14. blackInaRow = 0
  15. whiteInaRow = 0
  16.  
  17. #the initial state of the board is all blank
  18. #im storing each row of the board as a list
  19. #this is pretty much only for displaying the board
  20. row0 = []
  21. row1 = []
  22. row2 = []
  23. row3 = []
  24. row4 = []
  25. row5 = []
  26. row6 = []
  27. row7 = []
  28. row8 = []
  29. row9 = []
  30.  
  31. #similar to the n-queens problem,
  32. #i'll make an allDirections list so i can test later for things such as
  33. #if it's next to another piece of itself or the opponent
  34. allDirections = [[-1, 0],[1, 0],[0, -1],[0, 1],[-1, -1],[-1, 1],[1, -1],[1, 1]]
  35.  
  36. #creating all rules without precond or anything
  37. def createPositions():
  38.     for i in range(0,n):
  39.         for j in range(0,n):
  40.             allPositions.append([i,j])
  41.  
  42. #winner
  43. def winner():
  44.     if (blackPairCap == 5):
  45. 	    print "White is the winner!"
  46. 	    return True
  47.     elif (whitePairCap == 5):
  48. 	    print "Black is the winner!"
  49. 	    return True
  50.     elif (blackInaRow >= 5):
  51. 	    print "Black is the winner!"
  52. 	    return True
  53.     elif (whiteInaRow >= 5):
  54. 	    print "White is the winner!"
  55. 	    return True
  56.     else:
  57. 	    inGameMenu()
  58.  
  59. #for next function
  60. player1 = ""
  61. player2 = ""
  62. comp1 = ""
  63. comp2 = ""
  64. #current players
  65. currentPlayers = []
  66.  
  67. #save files list
  68. FILES = []
  69.  
  70. #startGameMenu
  71. def startGameMenu():
  72.     print "Do you have a save file that you would like to run the game from?\n"
  73.     saveFile = raw_input("y or n")
  74.     saveFile = str(saveFile)
  75.     if saveFile == "y":
  76.         fileName = raw_input("What is the name of the save file (with extension)? \n")
  77.         FILES.append(fileName)
  78.         f = open(fileName, 'r')
  79.         for line in f:
  80.             if line == 0:
  81.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  82.             if line == 1:
  83.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  84.             if line == 2:
  85.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  86.             if line == 3:
  87.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  88.             if line == 4:
  89.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  90.             if line == 5:
  91.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  92.             if line == 6:
  93.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  94.             if line == 7:
  95.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  96.             if line == 8:
  97.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  98.             if line == 9:
  99.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  100.     f.close()
  101.     inGameMenu()
  102.  
  103.     elif saveFile == "n":
  104.         print "Welcome to Pente!\n"
  105.         print "Would you like to play a new game?\n"
  106.     	answer = raw_input("y or n:")
  107.     	answer = str(answer)
  108.     	if (answer == "y"):
  109. 	    numPlayers = raw_input("How many players are going to be playing? (1-4):\n")
  110. 	    numPlayers = int(numPlayers)
  111. 	    for p in range(0,numPlayers):
  112. 	        print "Would you like to be Player 1, Player 2, PC 1, or PC 2?\n"
  113. 	        player = raw_input("p1, p2, pc1, or pc2:")
  114. 	        player = str(player)
  115.             if (player == "p1"):
  116.                 currentPlayers.append(player1)
  117. 	        elif (player == "p2"):
  118. 	            currentPlayers.append(player2)
  119. 	        elif (player == "pc1"):
  120. 	            currentPlayers.append(comp1)
  121. 	        elif (player == "pc2"):
  122. 	            currentPlayers.append(comp2)        
  123.  
  124.             print "Which color would you like to play as?\n"
  125. 	        color = raw_input("b (black) or w (white):")
  126. 	        color = str(color)
  127. 	        if (color == "b"):
  128. 	            currentPlayers[p] = "black"
  129. 	        elif (color == "w"):
  130. 	            currentPlayers[p] = "white"
  131.  
  132.     inGameMenu()
  133.  
  134. #defining players and their colors
  135.  
  136. #inGameMenu
  137. def inGameMenu():
  138.     return
  139.  
  140. #inGameMenu from save file
  141. def saveFileGame():
  142.     return
  143.  
  144. #startGameMenu()
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elif and else must have the same indentation than the corresponding if .
Edit: sorry, in your code, the 2 lines before the elif should be indented like the for statement above.
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Ok I restructured things around a little bit and that first elif error went away but now I have another one!!!

python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
  1. #!/usr/bin/python
  2.  
  3. import os.path
  4.  
  5. #nxn board, in this case n = 10
  6. n = 10
  7. #will hold the positions similar to n-queens
  8. allPositions = []
  9. #current state of board used for comparisons
  10. state = []
  11. #defining captured and inaRow
  12. blackPairCap = 0
  13. whitePairCap = 0
  14. blackInaRow = 0
  15. whiteInaRow = 0
  16.  
  17. #the initial state of the board is all blank
  18. #im storing each row of the board as a list
  19. #this is pretty much only for displaying the board
  20. row0 = []
  21. row1 = []
  22. row2 = []
  23. row3 = []
  24. row4 = []
  25. row5 = []
  26. row6 = []
  27. row7 = []
  28. row8 = []
  29. row9 = []
  30.  
  31. #similar to the n-queens problem,
  32. #i'll make an allDirections list so i can test later for things such as
  33. #if it's next to another piece of itself or the opponent
  34. allDirections = [[-1, 0],[1, 0],[0, -1],[0, 1],[-1, -1],[-1, 1],[1, -1],[1, 1]]
  35.  
  36. #creating all rules without precond or anything
  37. def createPositions():
  38.     for i in range(0,n):
  39.         for j in range(0,n):
  40.             allPositions.append([i,j])
  41.  
  42. #winner
  43. def winner():
  44.     if (blackPairCap == 5):
  45. 	    print "White is the winner!"
  46. 	    return True
  47.     elif (whitePairCap == 5):
  48. 	    print "Black is the winner!"
  49. 	    return True
  50.     elif (blackInaRow >= 5):
  51. 	    print "Black is the winner!"
  52. 	    return True
  53.     elif (whiteInaRow >= 5):
  54. 	    print "White is the winner!"
  55. 	    return True
  56.     else:
  57. 	    inGameMenu()
  58.  
  59. #for next function
  60. player1 = ""
  61. player2 = ""
  62. comp1 = ""
  63. comp2 = ""
  64. #current players
  65. currentPlayers = []
  66.  
  67. #save files list
  68. FILES = []
  69.  
  70. #startGameMenu
  71. def startGameMenu():
  72.     print "Do you have a save file that you would like to run the game from?\n"
  73.     saveFile = raw_input("y or n")
  74.     saveFile = str(saveFile)
  75.     if saveFile == "y":
  76.         saveFileGame()
  77.     elif saveFile == "n":
  78.         newGame()
  79.  
  80. #defining players and their colors
  81.  
  82. #inGameMenu
  83. def inGameMenu():
  84.     return
  85.  
  86. #new game
  87. def newGame():
  88.     print "Welcome to Pente!\n"
  89.     print "Would you like to play a new game?\n"
  90.     answer = raw_input("y or n:")
  91.     answer = str(answer)
  92.     if (answer == "y"):
  93. 	    numPlayers = raw_input("How many players are going to be playing? (1-4):\n")
  94. 	    numPlayers = int(numPlayers)
  95. 	    for p in range(0,numPlayers):
  96. 	        print "Would you like to be Player 1, Player 2, PC 1, or PC 2?\n"
  97. 	        player = raw_input("p1, p2, pc1, or pc2:")
  98. 	        player = str(player)
  99.             if (player == "p1"):
  100.                 currentPlayers.append(player1)
  101. 	        elif (player == "p2"):
  102. 	            currentPlayers.append(player2)
  103. 	        elif (player == "pc1"):
  104. 	            currentPlayers.append(comp1)
  105. 	        elif (player == "pc2"):
  106. 	            currentPlayers.append(comp2)        
  107.             print "Which color would you like to play as?\n"
  108. 	            color = raw_input("b (black) or w (white):")
  109. 	            color = str(color)
  110. 	            if (color == "b"):
  111. 	                currentPlayers[p] = "black"
  112. 	            elif (color == "w"):
  113. 	                currentPlayers[p] = "white"
  114.     inGameMenu()
  115.  
  116. #inGameMenu from save file
  117. def saveFileGame():
  118.     fileName = raw_input("What is the name of the save file (with extension)? \n")
  119.     FILES.append(fileName)
  120.     f = open(fileName, 'r')
  121.     for line in f:
  122.         if line == 0:
  123.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  124.         if line == 1:
  125.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  126.         if line == 2:
  127.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  128.         if line == 3:
  129.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  130.         if line == 4:
  131.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  132.         if line == 5:
  133.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  134.         if line == 6:
  135.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  136.         if line == 7:
  137.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  138.         if line == 8:
  139.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  140.         if line == 9:
  141.             row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  142.     f.close()
  143.     inGameMenu()
  144.  
  145. #startGameMenu()

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lines 101 - 106 need to lose a tab, i.e., un-indent each of those lines once.
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I did that and now there's another error in line 102 (lines switched around cuz I kinda reformatted the whole thing). Ugh I hate these elif errors!

python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
  1. #!/usr/bin/python
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5. import os.path
  6.  
  7.  
  8.  
  9. #nxn board, in this case n = 10
  10.  
  11. n = 10
  12.  
  13. #will hold the positions similar to n-queens
  14.  
  15. allPositions = []
  16.  
  17. #current state of board used for comparisons
  18.  
  19. state = []
  20.  
  21. #defining captured and inaRow
  22.  
  23. blackPairCap = 0
  24.  
  25. whitePairCap = 0
  26.  
  27. blackInaRow = 0
  28.  
  29. whiteInaRow = 0
  30.  
  31.  
  32.  
  33. #the initial state of the board is all blank
  34.  
  35. #im storing each row of the board as a list
  36.  
  37. #this is pretty much only for displaying the board
  38.  
  39. row0 = []
  40.  
  41. row1 = []
  42.  
  43. row2 = []
  44.  
  45. row3 = []
  46.  
  47. row4 = []
  48.  
  49. row5 = []
  50.  
  51. row6 = []
  52.  
  53. row7 = []
  54.  
  55. row8 = []
  56.  
  57. row9 = []
  58.  
  59.  
  60.  
  61. #similar to the n-queens problem,
  62.  
  63. #i'll make an allDirections list so i can test later for things such as
  64.  
  65. #if it's next to another piece of itself or the opponent
  66.  
  67. allDirections = [[-1, 0],[1, 0],[0, -1],[0, 1],[-1, -1],[-1, 1],[1, -1],[1, 1]]
  68.  
  69.  
  70.  
  71. #creating all rules without precond or anything
  72.  
  73. def createPositions():
  74.  
  75.     for i in range(0,n):
  76.  
  77.         for j in range(0,n):
  78.  
  79.             allPositions.append([i,j])
  80.  
  81.  
  82.  
  83. #winner
  84.  
  85. def winner():
  86.  
  87.     if (blackPairCap == 5):
  88.  
  89. 	    print "White is the winner!"
  90.  
  91. 	    return True
  92.  
  93.     elif (whitePairCap == 5):
  94.  
  95. 	    print "Black is the winner!"
  96.  
  97. 	    return True
  98.  
  99.     elif (blackInaRow >= 5):
  100.  
  101. 	    print "Black is the winner!"
  102.  
  103. 	    return True
  104.  
  105.     elif (whiteInaRow >= 5):
  106.  
  107. 	    print "White is the winner!"
  108.  
  109. 	    return True
  110.  
  111.     else:
  112.  
  113. 	    inGameMenu()
  114.  
  115.  
  116.  
  117. #for next function
  118.  
  119. player1 = ""
  120.  
  121. player2 = ""
  122.  
  123. comp1 = ""
  124.  
  125. comp2 = ""
  126.  
  127. #current players
  128.  
  129. currentPlayers = []
  130.  
  131.  
  132.  
  133. #save files list
  134.  
  135. FILES = []
  136.  
  137.  
  138.  
  139. #startGameMenu
  140.  
  141. def startGameMenu():
  142.  
  143.     print "Do you have a save file that you would like to run the game from?\n"
  144.  
  145.     saveFile = raw_input("y or n")
  146.  
  147.     saveFile = str(saveFile)
  148.  
  149.     if saveFile == "y":
  150.  
  151.         fileName = raw_input("What is the name of the save file (with extension)? \n")
  152.  
  153.         FILES.append(fileName)
  154.  
  155.         f = open(fileName, 'r')
  156.  
  157.         for line in f:
  158.  
  159.             if line == 0:
  160.  
  161.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  162.  
  163.             if line == 1:
  164.  
  165.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  166.  
  167.             if line == 2:
  168.  
  169.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  170.  
  171.             if line == 3:
  172.  
  173.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  174.  
  175.             if line == 4:
  176.  
  177.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  178.  
  179.             if line == 5:
  180.  
  181.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  182.  
  183.             if line == 6:
  184.  
  185.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  186.  
  187.             if line == 7:
  188.  
  189.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  190.  
  191.             if line == 8:
  192.  
  193.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  194.  
  195.             if line == 9:
  196.  
  197.                 row0.extend([line[0],line[1],line[2],line[3],line[4],line[5],line[6],line[7],line[8],line[9]])
  198.  
  199.     f.close()
  200.  
  201.     inGameMenu()
  202.  
  203.     elif saveFile == "n":
  204.  
  205.         newGame()
  206.  
  207.  
  208.  
  209. #defining players and their colors
  210.  
  211.  
  212.  
  213. #inGameMenu
  214.  
  215. def inGameMenu():
  216.  
  217.     return
  218.  
  219.  
  220.  
  221. #inGameMenu from save file
  222.  
  223. def saveFileGame():
  224.  
  225.     return
  226.  
  227.  
  228.  
  229. #newGame
  230.  
  231. def newGame():
  232.  
  233.     print "Welcome to Pente!\n"
  234.  
  235.     print "Would you like to play a new game?\n"
  236.  
  237.     answer = raw_input("y or n:")
  238.  
  239.     answer = str(answer)
  240.  
  241.     if (answer == "y"):
  242.  
  243.         numPlayers = raw_input("How many players are going to be playing? (1-4):\n")
  244.  
  245. 	numPlayers = int(numPlayers)
  246.  
  247. 	for p in range(0,numPlayers):
  248.  
  249. 	    print "Would you like to be Player 1, Player 2, PC 1, or PC 2?\n"
  250.  
  251. 	    player = raw_input("p1, p2, pc1, or pc2:")
  252.  
  253. 	    player = str(player)
  254.  
  255.         if (player == "p1"):
  256.  
  257.                 currentPlayers.append(player1)
  258.  
  259. 	    elif (player == "p2"):
  260.  
  261. 	        currentPlayers.append(player2)
  262.  
  263. 	    elif (player == "pc1"):
  264.  
  265. 	        currentPlayers.append(comp1)
  266.  
  267. 	    elif (player == "pc2"):
  268.  
  269. 	        currentPlayers.append(comp2)        
  270.  
  271.  
  272.  
  273.         print "Which color would you like to play as?\n"
  274.  
  275. 	    color = raw_input("b (black) or w (white):")
  276.  
  277. 	    color = str(color)
  278.  
  279. 	    if (color == "b"):
  280.  
  281. 	        currentPlayers[p] = "black"
  282.  
  283. 	    elif (color == "w"):
  284.  
  285. 	        currentPlayers[p] = "white"
  286.  
  287.     inGameMenu()
  288.  
  289.  
  290.  
  291. #startGameMenu()

don't mind the double spacing, idk why it did that, it's not like that in my editor
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Ugh I hate these elif errors!
Then don't use it. Some examples that also simplify the code.
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  1. ## instead of if line == 0 ,1 2, etc.
  2. for line in f:
  3.    if (line > -1) and (line < 10):
  4.       row0.extend([line[x] for x in range (0, 10)])
  5. ##
  6. ##------------------------------------------------------------------
  7. """
  8. #the initial state of the board is all blank
  9. #im storing each row of the board as a list
  10. #this is pretty much only for displaying the board
  11.  
  12. row0 = []
  13. row1 = []
  14. row2 = []
  15. row3 = []
  16. row4 = []
  17. row5 = []
  18. row6 = []
  19. row7 = []
  20. row8 = []
  21. row9 = []
  22. """
  23. ## use a list of lists or a dictionary instead
  24. ## this is a dictionary with the key = 0 --> 9 instead
  25. ## of row0 --> row9
  26. row_dic = {}
  27. for j in range(0, 10):
  28.   row_dic[j] = []
  29. ##
  30. ##------------------------------------------------------------------
  31. """ instead of
  32. elif (player == "p2"):, etc.
  33. """
  34. player_dic = {}
  35. player_dic["p1"] = player1
  36. player_dic["p2"] = player2
  37. player_dic["pc1"] = comp1
  38. player_dic["pc2"] = comp2
  39. for p in range(0,numPlayers):
  40.  
  41.    print "Would you like to be Player 1, Player 2, PC 1, or PC 2?\n"
  42.    player = raw_input("p1, p2, pc1, or pc2:")
  43.    player = player.lower()
  44.    if (player in player_dic):
  45.       currentPlayers.append( player_dic[player] ) 
  46.    else:
  47.       print "That is not a valid player"
Hopefully you get the idea.
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