I have this function that is supposed to count points but it doesn't add them

Question

I have this function that is supposed to count points but it doesn\'t add them:

def Correct(totalPoints):
    print \"Correct\"
    totalPoints = totalPoints+1
          


        

Answer 1

You are not returning the function output. It should be

def Correct(mytotalPoints):
    print "Correct"
    mytotalPoints += 1
    print "You have", mytotalPoints,"points"
    return mytotalPoints

You should now return the correct value to the main function. You should also fix the indentation to be correct. You need to show where totalPoints was defined.

    elif answer == 'nba':
        NBAQues = random.randint(0,len(NBA1)-1)
    # Is this the way you meant it to be indented?
    NBAVar = NBA1[NBAQues]

    print NBAVar
    NBAAnswer = raw_input()
    NBAAnswer = NBAAnswer.lower()
    if NBAAnswer == NBA2[NBAQues]:
        # Make sure totalPoints was initialized properly
        totalPoints = Correct(totalPoints)
        print totalPoints
    elif NBAAnswer != NBA2[NBAQues]:
        print "False. The correct answer was", NBA2[NBAQues]
        NBA1.remove(NBAVar)
        NBA2.remove(NBA2[NBAQues])
        print "Choose another."