Thank you for your response. I apologize for that, this is my first time
posting so I wasn't sure how to copy my code!
I figured out that using the clear() method works for clearing the turtle
window after drawing the game board, but now I am trying to figure out how to
make the program wait a few seconds or wait for the user to press a key before
clearing the turtle window (not closing the window, just clearing it). Is there
any way to do this?
def draw_board():
t = turtle.Turtle()
t.speed(0)
t.ht()
t.up()
t.goto(-100, -100)
t.down()
for i in range(7, -1, -1):
for j in range(0, 8):
if free_squares[i][j] == ".":
if j != 7:
t.fillcolor("green")
t.pencolor("black")
t.begin_fill()
for k in range(4):
t.forward(50)
t.left(90)
t.end_fill()
t.forward(50)
if j == 7:
t.fillcolor("green")
t.pencolor("black")
t.begin_fill()
for k in range(4):
t.forward(50)
t.left(90)
t.end_fill()
t.right(270)
t.forward(50)
t.left(90)
t.forward(350)
t.right(180)
else:
if j != 7:
for l in range(4):
t.forward(50)
t.left(90)
t.forward(50)
if j == 7:
for l in range(4):
t.forward(50)
t.left(90)
t.end_fill()
t.right(270)
t.forward(50)
t.left(90)
t.forward(350)
t.right(180)
wn.clear()
I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Harshi
On Saturday, April 22, 2017 3:56 AM, Peter Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
Harshika Varadhan via Python-list wrote:
> I am creating a game where the user inputs a coordinate to place their
> piece on a chess board. My code then draws the chess board with a turtle
> and fills in the squares in with green where the user can place their next
> piece. After the user inputs their first coordinate, the turtle draws the
> board, but then the window doesn't close and the program ends up crashing.
It probably raises an exception and prints a traceback. That "traceback"
contains the location and a description of the error Python encountered in
your script and is therefore valuable information that can help you fix your
code. If you get a traceback always include it into your mail (use cut-and-
paste).
> Is there any way to solve this problem?I appreciate your help. My function
> for drawing the chess board: def draw_board(): t = turtle.Turtle()
> t.speed(0) t.ht() t.up() t.goto(-100, -100) t.down() for i in
> range(0, 8): for j in range(0, 8): if free_squares[i][j]
> == ".": if j != 7: t.fillcolor("green")
> t.pencolor("black") t.begin_fill()
> for k in range(4): t.forward(50)
> t.left(90) t.end_fill()
> t.forward(50) if j == 7:
> t.fillcolor("green") t.pencolor("black")
> t.begin_fill() for k in range(4):
> t.forward(50) t.left(90)
> t.end_fill() t.right(270)
> t.forward(50) t.left(90)
> t.forward(350) t.right(180) turtle.bye() Thank you,
> Harshi
That's pretty unreadable. Please remember to post plain text with line-
wrapping turned off next time.
> the program ends up crashing.
If I were to guess: Did you define the `free_squares` list of lists
properly?
> but then the window doesn't close
Are you running your script from within IDLE? Try starting it from the
command line instead.
Like turtle IDLE itself is a program written in tkinter, and the separation
between editer and user code is not always perfect.
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