I'm trying to recreate a plot that uses matplotlib by using plotly and whenever I call my function I catch an error saying,
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\gramb\python_projects\project_2\rw_plotly\random_walk_p.py", line 38, in <module>
rw.fill_walk()
File "c:\Users\gramb\python_projects\project_2\rw_plotly\random_walk_p.py", line 20, in fill_walk
x_step, y_step = _get_step(), _get_step()
NameError: name '_get_step' is not defined
while the function is written as such in its class:
def __init__(self, num_points=5000):
"""Initialize attributes of a walk."""
self.num_points = num_points
# Walks start at (0, 0).
self.x_values = [0]
self.y_values = [0]
def fill_walk(self):
"""Calculates all points of the walk."""
# Take steps until max length
while len(self.x_values) < self.num_points:
# Decide direction and distance
x_step, y_step = _get_step(), _get_step()
# Start loop from top if both are 0
if x_step == 0 and y_step == 0:
continue
# Calculate new position
x, y = self.x_values[-1] + x_step, self.y_values[-1] + y_step
self.x_values.append(x), self.y_values.append(y)
def _get_step(self):
"""Creates a step on the walk."""
direction = choice([1, -1])
distance = choice(range(5))
return direction * distance
rw = RandomWalk()
rw.fill_walk()
The error did not occur until after I had installed pandas with pip, but I had also uninstalled it to make sure that was not the problem yet the issue still occurs.
I'm using VS Code with a few extensions for python, so if that info is needed, please let me know.
