How to fix character constantly accelerating in both directions after deceleration Pygame?

Question

I was able to successfully implement acceleration into my Pygame game, but there is a bit of a problem. Problem is: After the character decelerates, the character will start acc

Answer 1

The acceleration depends on the input only, if there is no input, the acceleration is zero:

accel = 0
if move_R:
    accel += PLAYER_ACCEL
if move_L:
    accel -= PLAYER_ACCEL

The velocity changes by the acceleration, but it is reduced by the friction.

veloc = (veloc + accel) * (1 - PLAYER_FRICT)

Note, at a certain point, the acceleration can not compensate the friction. The complete acceleration energy is consumed by the friction.
If veloc / (veloc + accel) is equal 1 - PLAYER_FRICT, the movement is uniform.

The position of the player changes by the current velocity:

player_xy[0] += veloc

See the example:

import pygame

pygame.init()

size = 500, 500
window = pygame.display.set_mode(size)
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

border = pygame.Rect(0, 0, size[0]-40, 100)
border.center = [size[0] // 2, size[1] // 2]
player_xy = [size[0] // 2, size[1] // 2]
radius = 10
PLAYER_ACCEL, PLAYER_FRICT = 0.5, 0.02
veloc = 0

run = True
while run:
    clock.tick(120)
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            run = False

    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
    move_R = keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]
    move_L = keys[pygame.K_LEFT]

    # set acceleration in this frame
    accel = 0
    if move_R:
        accel += PLAYER_ACCEL
    if move_L:
        accel -= PLAYER_ACCEL

    # change velocity by acceleration and reduce dependent on friction
    veloc = (veloc + accel) * (1 - PLAYER_FRICT)

    # change position of player by velocity
    player_xy[0] += veloc

    if player_xy[0] < border.left + radius:
        player_xy[0] = border.left + radius
        veloc = 0
    if player_xy[0] > border.right - radius:
        player_xy[0] = border.right - radius
        veloc = 0

    window.fill(0) 
    pygame.draw.rect(window, (255, 0, 0), border, 1)
    pygame.draw.circle(window, (0, 255, 0), (round(player_xy[0]), round(player_xy[1])), radius)
    pygame.display.flip()