NameError: global name 'player' is not defined

Question

Well I am building a PyGame in Sublime text, but when I run the batch file to start it I get this error:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "game.py", line 12, in <module>
    player = player("Default", 1, 1, 1)
 File "C:\Users\*****\Desktop\RPG\characters\player.py", line 8, in __init__
    Character.__init__(self, name, hp)
 File "C:\Users\*****\Desktop\RPG\characters\character.py", line 9, in  __init__
player.dead = False
NameError: global name 'player' is not defined
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Now here are my files:

game.py file:

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# Main Game File

from characters.player import *
from commands import *

commands = {
    'help': help,
    'exit': exit
 }
player = player("Default", 1, 1, 1)

def isValidCMD(cmd):
    if cmd in commands:
        return True
    return False

def runCMD(cmd, args, player):
    commands[cmd](player, args)

def main(player):
    while(not player.dead):
            line = raw_input(">> ")
        input = line.split()
        input.append("EOI")

        if isValidCMD(input[0]):
            runCMD(input[0], input[1], player)

        main(player)

player.py file:

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# Player Base File

from character import *

class player(Character):
    def __init__(self, name, hp, str, int):
        Character.__init__(self, name, hp)
        self.str = str
        self.int = int

and the character.py file:

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# Character Base File

class Character(object):
    def __init__(self, name, hp):
        self.name = name
        self.hp = hp

        player.dead = False

    def attack(self, other):
        pass

    def update(self):
        if self.hp <= 0:
            player.dead = True
            self.hp = 0

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What do I do?

Answer 1

1) Change

from characters.player import *

to

from player import * in game.py

2)In player.py, class player to class Player

and

3) in character.py, make this change please from

player.dead = False

to

self.dead = False

Answer 2

You can't have a variable with the same name as the package you're trying to access. Choose something other than player for the local variable.

Also, you'll still have a problem within Character.py, as there isn't anything named player defined in that file, and no global declared. I think what you want there is

self.dead = False

for the Character you're creating. player is a remote class with no dead property.

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You cannot change just the one location: you have to change all of the uses for that aspect of the name. You have used player to refer to two different things: (1) a class with attributes str and int (these are poor names, by the way: there are built-in functions with those names, so these are not distinctive); and (2) a local object that appears to be an instance of class player.

There is no good way to use the same name for both. I suggest something more like

pov = player("Grmph the Magnetic", 1, "werewolf", 17)

You must also change the other references to the object player to be pov instead.

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Also, you seem to be confused by the variety of errors in the current program. Please consider starting over; use incremental programming. Write a few lines -- a class definition with its init method, and a main program that instantiates and prints a single object. When that works, add a few lines: some meaningful initialization, perhaps. Continue adding and testing a few lines at a time until you get back to the level of complexity you have now.

This allows you to seal with only one or two errors at a time. You're already doing this about half-way, so I don't think it will take long to recover your current level of work ... but with a legal program.