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john larson
16,594 PointsHow does this code start the game?
I see how q quits the game, but I don't see any code related to enter or " " that would make the game start.
start = input("Press enter/return to start or q to quit: ")
if start.lower() == "q":
break
1 Answer
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 PointsIn the video, Kenneth uses a while loop that is set to true; when the program runs the loop will run; it will keep running until you enter q. If you do enter q then the condition if start.lower() == "q": will evaluate to true and the break keyword in the conditional will exit the loop and the program will end.
john larson
16,594 PointsHi Clayton. I get that part, entering q triggers break and exits the program. But I don't see any code attached to "enter" to trigger the start of the game/loop
john larson
16,594 Pointsare you saying the loop will start by default as long as q is not entered? If so then why does it not start automatically?
- I would expect to see something like
if start == "":
something to make the loop start
john larson
16,594 PointsWait I think I get it, the input is stopping the loop because input has to finish cause it's the first part of the code.
john larson
16,594 Pointsjohn larson
16,594 PointsSo then the input doesn't actually start the game...it stops it. Am I the only one that had to belabor that!? duh...