player_input = '' # This has to be initialized for the loop while player_input != 0: player_input = str(input('Roll or quit (r or q)')) if player_input == q: # This will break the loop if the player decides to quit print("Now let's see if I can beat your score of", player) break if player_input != r: print('invalid choice, try again') if player_input ==r: roll= randint (1,8) player +=roll #(+= sign helps to keep track of score) print('You rolled is ' + str(roll)) if roll ==1: print('You Lose :)') sys.exit break I am trying to tell the program to exit if roll == 1 but nothing is happening and it just gives me an error message when I try to use sys.exit()
This is the message that it shows when I run the program:
Traceback (most recent call last): line 33, in <module> sys.exit() SystemExit 6 Answers
I think you can use
sys.exit(0) You may check it here in the python 2.7 doc:
The optional argument arg can be an integer giving the exit status (defaulting to zero), or another type of object. If it is an integer, zero is considered “successful termination” and any nonzero value is considered “abnormal termination” by shells and the like.
sys.exit() raises a SystemExit exception which you are probably assuming as some error. If you want your program not to raise SystemExit but return gracefully, you can wrap your functionality in a function and return from places you are planning to use sys.exit
you didn't import sys in your code, nor did you close the () when calling the function... try:
import sys sys.exit() Using 2.7:
from functools import partial from random import randint for roll in iter(partial(randint, 1, 8), 1): print 'you rolled: {}'.format(roll) print 'oops you rolled a 1!' you rolled: 7 you rolled: 7 you rolled: 8 you rolled: 6 you rolled: 8 you rolled: 5 oops you rolled a 1! Then change the "oops" print to a raise SystemExit
In tandem with what Pedro Fontez said a few replies up, you seemed to never call the sys module initially, nor did you manage to stick the required () at the end of sys.exit:
so:
import sys and when finished:
sys.exit() Real-World Example
Option 1: sys.exit()
Exits Python and raising the SystemExit exception.
import sys try: sys.exit("This is an exit!") except SystemExit as message: print(message) Output:
This is an exit! Option 2: sys.exit()
Exits Python without a message
import sys sys.exit() # runtime: 0.07s 
