Javascript to Python help

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If I were to type the following line of Javascript

var best;

how would it translate to Python?

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best = None

this is how you should right it i think

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Thanks (post must be 20 characters)

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@kyay10

// Ogres are trying to take out your reindeer!
// Keep your archers back while summoning soldiers to attack.

hero.pickUpCoin = function() {
    // Collect coins.
    if (hero.findNearestItem()) {
        var coin = hero.findNearestItem();
        hero.moveXY(coin.pos.x, coin.pos.y);
    }
};

hero.summonTroops = function() {
    // Summon soldiers if you have the gold.
    if (hero.gold >= hero.costOf("soldier")) {
        hero.summon("soldier");
    }
};

// This function has an argument named soldier.
// Arguments are like variables.
// The value of an argument is determined when the function is called.
hero.commandSoldier = function(soldier) {
    // Soldiers should attack enemies.
    var soldiers = hero.findByType("soldier", hero.findFriends());
    if (soldiers) {
        for (var i = 0; i <= soldiers.length; i++) {
            var soldier1 = soldiers[i];
            var enemy = hero.findNearestEnemy();
            if (enemy) {
                hero.command(soldier1, "attack", enemy);
            }
        }
    }
};

// Write a commandArcher function to tell your archers what to do!
// It should take one argument that will represent the archer passed to the function when it's called.
// Archers should only attack enemies who are closer than 25 meters, otherwise, stay still.
hero.commandArcher = function() {
    var archers = hero.findByType("archer", hero.findFriends());
    for (var i = 0; i <= archers.length; i++) {
        var archer = archers[i];
        if (archer) {
            var enemy = archer.findNearestEnemy();
            if (enemy && archer.distanceTo(enemy) < 25) {
                hero.command(archer, "attack", enemy);
            }
        }
    }
};
while(true) {
    hero.pickUpCoin();
    hero.summonTroops();
    var friends = hero.findFriends();
    for(var i=0; i < friends.length; i++) {
        var friend = friends[i];
        if(friend.type == "soldier") {
            // This friend will be assigned to the variable soldier in commandSoldier
            hero.commandSoldier(friend);
        } else if(friend.type == "archer") {
            // Be sure to command your archers.
            hero.commandArcher();
        }
    }
}

Whenever I press run, it pops up with an error in the function to command soldiers that there was no enemy even when I placed it in an if loop. Level is Hunters and Prey.

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change this to

hero.commandSoldier = function(soldier) {
    // Soldiers should attack enemies.
    var enemy = soldier.findNearestEnemy();
    if(enemy){
        hero.command(soldier,"attack",enemy);
    }
};
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and do the same for the archers

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it should be hero.commandArcher(friend); inside the if statement instead of hero.commandArcher only

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it should be function (archer)

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delete all of this and type

    var enemy = archer.findNearestEnemy();
    if(enemy&&archer.distanceTo(enemy)<=25){
        hero.command(archer,"attack",enemy);
    }
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@kyay10 I solved 1 problem but it gave me another

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put 2 parenthesis after soldier.findNearestEnemy so it will be soldier.findNearestEnemy();

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Oh I didn’t catch that, thanks

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you are welcome
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I still do not get the reason behind the for loops and stuff, can you explain this to me?

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the for loop is the same thing as a while loop, it just have extra parts like the var i = 0 and the i++, it helps you do a task for a number of times, inside it you will see that we are looking at the type of the current friend to decide if he is a soldier of archer and command him

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So for loops are basically complicated versions of the loop 5: thing in which it would loop the given code 5 times

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yes, and you can also say that they are while loops but with extra parts