OOP in python programming, I keep getting an error message about defining main()

Question

def main():
    name = input("What would you like to name your character?")
    print("Your character has been created!")
    play = Player(name)



class Player():
    """A game player"""



    def __init__(self, name, items, max_items = 7):
        self.__name = name
        self.__items = []
        self.__max_items = 7


    def __str__(self):
        return self.__name


    def charInfo(self):
        print("This is your character's name:", self.__name)

    def inventory(self):
        if len(self.__items) > 7:
            print ("Your iventory is:")
            print (self.__items)
        else:
            print("There's nothing in your inventory.")

    def take(self, add_item):
        if self.__items <= self.__max_items:
            self.__items.append(add_item)
        else:
            print("You already have the max items in your inventory,sorry")

    def drop(self, drop_item):
        if drop_item not in self.__items:
            print("That item isn't in your inventory.")
        else:
            self.__items.remove(drop_item)

choice = None
while choice != 0:

    print(""" Character Menu
            0 - Quit
            1 - Character Information
            2 - Inventory
            3 - Add an item
            4 - Drop an item""")

    choice = input("What would you like to do?")

    #Exit
    if choice == "0":
        print("See you later!")

    #Character Information
    elif choice == "1":
        play.charInfo()

    #Inventory
    elif choice == "2":
        play.inventory()

    #Add an item
    elif choice == "3":
        add_item = input("What would you like to add to your inventory?")
        add_item = add_item.lower()
        play.take(add_item)

    #Drop an item
    elif choice == "4":
        drop_item = input("What item would you like to drop?")
        drop_item = drop_item.lower()
        play.drop(drop_item)

main()
input("\nPress enter to exit.")

I keep getting this error message and I'm not understanding why. It looks to me as if I've defined the main(). I'm trying to see if someone can help me understand why I'm getting this error message. I'm new to python

Answer 1

You should write main() outside of the class Player().
Edit:
Your code will work this way:

def main():
    name = input("What would you like to name your character?")
    print("Your character has been created!")
    play = Player(name)
    choice = None
    while choice != "0":
        print(""" Character Menu
            0 - Quit
            1 - Character Information
            2 - Inventory
            3 - Add an item
            4 - Drop an item""")
        choice = input("What would you like to do?")
        #Exit
        if choice == "0":
            print("See you later!")
        #Character Information
        elif choice == "1":
            play.charInfo()
        #Inventory
        elif choice == "2":
            play.inventory()
        #Add an item
        elif choice == "3":
            add_item = input("What would you like to add to your inventory?")
            add_item = add_item.lower()
            play.take(add_item)
        #Drop an item
        elif choice == "4":
            drop_item = input("What item would you like to drop?")
            drop_item = drop_item.lower()
            play.drop(drop_item)


class Player():
    """A game player"""



    def __init__(self, name):
        self.__name = name
        self.__items = []
        self.__max_items = 7


    def __str__(self):
        return self.__name


    def charInfo(self):
        print("This is your character's name:", self.__name)

    def inventory(self):
        if len(self.__items) > 7:
            print ("Your iventory is:")
            print (self.__items)
        else:
            print("There's nothing in your inventory.")

    def take(self, add_item):
        if len(self.__items) <= self.__max_items:
            self.__items.append(add_item)
        else:
            print("You already have the max items in your inventory,sorry")

    def drop(self, drop_item):
        if drop_item not in self.__items:
            print("That item isn't in your inventory.")
        else:
            self.__items.remove(drop_item)

main()

input("\nPress enter to exit.")

Answer 2

You defined main inside the Player class, so it only exists as a method on a Player object (where it will be uncallable, because it takes no arguments).

You need to outdent it, to top-level, before you can call it.

Also: don't use self.__foo for attribute names. It doesn't make them private, it's really weird to read, and it mostly just gives you grief. Use self._foo if you must, but unless you have a really good reason to hide your state, just use self.foo.