A question about defining functions

Question

from time import sleep as slp

def print_with_slp(word):
print(word + "1")
slp(1)
print(word + "2")
slp(1)
print(word + "3")
slp(1)
print(word + "4")
slp(1)
print(word + "5")

spider1 = " |"
spider2 = " |"
spider3 = " _|"
spider4 = '///\(o_o)/111'
spider5 = "||| ` ' |||"

print("Welcome to the drawer 0.6!")
slp(2)
print("Please tell me what would you like me to draw.")
slp(2)
while True:
x = input("What do you want me to draw? =").lower()
if x == "a spider":
print_with_slp(spider)
else:
break
slp(2)

as you can see I defined a function. it would take the word I put in and will write it as print(word1), print(word2) etc.
so I wrote spider in there so it will print(spider1) and print(spider2) etc so there will be a spider figure drawn. but it says spider is not defined?

Answer 1

# use a list and a loop:

from time import sleep as slp

def print_with_slp(word):
for i in range(len(word)):
slp(1)
print(word[i])

spider = [
" |",
" |"
,
" _|"
,
'///\(o_o)/111',
"||| ` ' |||"
]

print("Welcome to the drawer 0.6!")
slp(2)
print("Please tell me what would you like me to draw.")
slp(2)
while True:
x = input("What do you want me to draw? =").lower()
if x == "a spider":
print_with_slp(spider)
else:
break
slp(2)

Answer 2

I could be wrong as I have not touched python in about 5 years.

Answer 3

Looks you need to print spder1 -5 and you are trying to print a string called spider. Maybe you cannot add to strings together in that way (print(word + "1")), I think the program is trying to print spider + 1 as in numerical values.

Answer 4

from time import sleep as slp

# if you are determined to stick with your current format
# you can use this to literally evaluate the code
def print_with_slp(word):
print(eval(word + "1"))
slp(1)
print(eval(word + "2"))
slp(1)
print(eval(word + "3"))
slp(1)
print(eval(word + "4"))
slp(1)
print(eval(word + "5"))

spider1 = " |"
spider2 = " |"
spider3 = " _|"
spider4 = '///\(o_o)/111'
spider5 = "||| ` ' |||"

print("Welcome to the drawer 0.6!")
slp(2)
print("Please tell me what would you like me to draw.")
slp(2)
while True:
x = input("What do you want me to draw? =").lower()
if x == "a spider":
print_with_slp("spider")
else:
break
slp(2)

# However here is an alternative option,
# pass any drawing in as a list. It may
# save you a lot of headaches.
# By the way , Great idea and Picture !

def print_with_slp(word):
for item in word:
print(item)
slp(1)

spider =[ " |"," |"," _|",'///\(o_o)/111',"||| ` ' |||"]

print("Welcome to the drawer 0.6!")
slp(1)
print("Please tell me what would you like me to draw.")
slp(1)
while True:
x = input("What do you want me to draw? =").lower()
if x == "a spider":
print_with_slp(spider)
else:
break
slp(1)

Answer 5

no it doesn't work like that either. Says "spider is not defined."

Answer 6

the version before this one was exactly that. but it is long and not pratical. My question still remains unanswered.

Answer 7

you just said the same thing... I said it is not what I would like to do. I wan it to be competible with every thing I want to draw afterwards

Answer 8

what is sleep?

Answer 9

it makes it wait for how many seconds you put in before executing the code after it mezo

Answer 10

making a list is a perfect idea richard thanks a lot