CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
boitzenburger
boitzenburger

Reputation: 39

NameError: name 'f' is not defined

I am working to create a quiz on Python with different difficulty levels. I am trying to use functions so I can keep calling the most frequent part of the code, appending the questions into a list from an external text file.

However, I am running into a problem. When attempting to call my function I get the error:

NameError: name 'f' is not defined

I've tried everything I can think of but if anyone could provide any help, it would be greatly appreciated!

Here is the function:

def quiz(f):
    f = open("quiz.txt", "r").read().split('\n')
    for line in f:
        f.append(questions)
    f.close()
quiz(f)
print(questions)

The print(questions) bit is just a way for me to check if the lines have appended to the list.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 30478

Answers (1)

Larry Lustig
Larry Lustig

Reputation: 51000

When your code hits the line quiz(f), no f has been defined.

At that point in your code, only one thing has happened -- a function name quiz has been defined. That's the only identifier you can refer to at that point in your code.

You have declared function quiz to accept a parameter, but it makes no use of that parameter. The correct definition would be def quiz().

Upvotes: 3

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