fileIO & pygame help

I am trying to make pygame draw a shape from a list of shapes imported with fileIO but i get a pygame import error please help

import random
import pygame
w = 640
h = 480

x = open("shapes.txt")
z = x.readlines()[n]
n = random.randrange(6)

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))
pygame.draw.z(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )

for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == QUIT:
            exit()

this is my my "shapes.txt"

circle
rect
line
line
rect
circle

Attachments shapes.txt (0.04KB)

CurtisEClark

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12 posts since Sep 2009

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say if n was circle, this is what python interprets:

pygame.draw."circle"(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )

now thats not code; its a string. you could add if statements like so:

if z == 'circle':
    pygame.draw.circle(arguements_go_here)
elif z == 'line':
    # code for drawing line here

fallopiano

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import random
import pygame
w = 640
h = 480

n = random.randrange(6)
x = open("shapes.txt")
z = x.readlines()[n]

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))
if z == "circle":
    pygame.draw.circle(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )
elif z == "line":
    pygame.draw.line(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )
elif z == "rect":
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )



for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == QUIT:
            exit()

my new code but i get this error now

Message File Name Line Position
Traceback
C:\Users\Curtie\Desktop\HomeWork\CSET\codes\assignment_11\assignment_11.py 2
L:\PortableApps\PortablePython_1.1_py3.0.1\App\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py 95
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

CurtisEClark

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2 Years Ago

try

import pygame
from pygame.locals import *

if that doesn't work, make sure you have the pygame that matches up with your version of python

fallopiano

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also, if that fails, try reinstalling your version of pygame

fallopiano

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Quick hint: Instead of the condition cascade

if z == "circle": ... elif ...

consider a more pythonically succinct approach:

assert n in ('circle', 'line', 'rect')
draw = getattr(pygame.draw, n)
draw(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )

pythopian

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ive reinstalled python and pygame ive added the

import pygame
from pygame.locals import *

with no results....i am using 3.01. it works in 2.61 but i am required to use 3.01 does anyone else no what might be causing this?
also its in just the import pygame function as i have tested just running that and get the same error code

CurtisEClark

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import random
import pygame

w = 640
h = 480

n = random.randrange(6)
x = open("shapes.txt")
z = x.readlines()[n]



screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))
if z == "circle":
    pygame.draw.circle(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 100 )
elif z == "line":
    pygame.draw.line(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 100 )
elif z == "rect":
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 100 )

This code works in 2.6.1 but when there are no shapes just a black screen, is there a way to fix this?

CurtisEClark

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import random
import pygame

w = 640
h = 480

n = random.randrange(6)
x = open("shapes.txt")
z = x.readlines()[n]



screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))
if "circle" in z:
    pygame.draw.circle(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )
elif "line" in z:
    pygame.draw.line(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )
elif "rect" in z:
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )

I've fixed the main problem but now i get

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 244, in run_nodebug
File "C:\Users\Curtie\Desktop\HomeWork\CSET\codes\assignment_11\assignment_112.py", line 17, in
pygame.draw.line(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )
TypeError: Invalid end position argument
>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 244, in run_nodebug
File "C:\Users\Curtie\Desktop\HomeWork\CSET\codes\assignment_11\assignment_112.py", line 19, in
pygame.draw.rect(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )
TypeError: Rect argument is invalid

CurtisEClark

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import random
import pygame

w = 640
h = 480

n = random.randrange(6)
x = open("shapes.txt")
z = x.readlines()[n]



screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))
if z == "circle":
    pygame.draw.circle(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 100 )
elif z == "line":
    pygame.draw.line(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 100 )
elif z == "rect":
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 100 )

This code works in 2.6.1 but when there are no shapes just a black screen, is there a way to fix this?

You need to read the pygame manual!

Drawing a line, circle or rectangle takes different arguments. They all have screen and color in common, but then they diverge. Aline takes 2 coordinate points for start and end of line. A circle takes one coordinate point for the center and a radius value. The rectangle takes diagonal corner coordinates.

You also need to call
pygame.display.flip()
for anything to show

... and last not least an event loop at the end.

vegaseat

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When you have a project like this, it is best to test each shape you want to draw before you combine it all. Let's start out with a pygame template that you can use for each shape ...

import pygame
import random

pygame.init()
w = 640
h = 480
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))

# set (r, g, b) color tuple
color = (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), 
    random.randrange(255))


# ... your shape code goes here ...


# update display
pygame.display.flip()

# event loop ...
running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        # quit when window corner x is clicked
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False

Now let's test the rectangle shape ...

import pygame
import random

pygame.init()
w = 640
h = 480
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))

# set (r, g, b) color tuple
color = (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), 
    random.randrange(255))


# set rect corner coordiates to draw a rectangle
# (x1, y1, x2, y2) upper left and lower right corner coordinates
rect = (random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h), 
    random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h))
# pygame.draw.rect(Surface, color, Rect, width=0)
# if width=0 (or not given) the rectangle is filled with color
pygame.draw.rect(screen, color, rect)


# update display
pygame.display.flip()

# event loop ...
running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        # quit when window corner x is clicked
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False

... next test the line ...

import pygame
import random

pygame.init()
w = 640
h = 480
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))

# set (r, g, b) color tuple
color = (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), 
    random.randrange(255))


# set start and end position of line
start_pos = random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h) 
end_pos = random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h)
# pygame.draw.line(Surface, color, start_pos, end_pos, width=1)
# width is thickness of line (default is 1)
pygame.draw.line(screen, color, start_pos, end_pos)


# update display
pygame.display.flip()

# event loop ...
running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        # quit when window corner x is clicked
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False

... lastly test the circle ...

import pygame
import random

pygame.init()
w = 640
h = 480
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))

# set (r, g, b) color tuple
color = (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), 
    random.randrange(255))


# set center_pos for circle
center_pos = random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h)
# pygame.draw.circle(Surface, color, center_pos, radius, width=0)
# if width=0 (or not given) the circle is filled with color
radius = 50
pygame.draw.circle(screen, color, center_pos, radius)


# update display
pygame.display.flip()

# event loop ...
running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        # quit when window corner x is clicked
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False

vegaseat

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import random
import pygame

w = 640
h = 480

n = random.randrange(6)
x = open("shapes.txt")
z = x.readlines()[n]

lines = len(z)
str(lines)
l = str(('The file shapes.txt has',lines,'lines.'))
output = open('output.txt','w')
output.write(l)
output.close()

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((w, h))
if "circle" in z:
    pygame.draw.circle(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)), (random.randrange(640), random.randrange(480)), 50 )
elif "line" in z:
    pygame.draw.line(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)),(random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h)), (random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h)))
elif "rect" in z:
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255), random.randrange(255)),(random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h), random.randrange(w), random.randrange(h)))

pygame.display.flip()


running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            exit()

Solved thanks to everyone for the help!

CurtisEClark

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