Store position as a variable

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In the level “logical circles” in the backwoods forest map (on the northeast part of the map). I am tasked with getting the character to move up/down or left/right based on the criteria provided. I tried storing the hard coordinates for the positions marked on the map as variables in order to reduce the amount of coding needed.

u = 30, 33
d = 30, 15

secretD = secretA and secretB and secretC
if secretD:
hero.moveXY(u)
else:
hero.moveXY(d)

I get the error as follows:
Line #: ArguementError: moveXY takes only undefined argument. should have type number, but got array. moveXY requires 2 numbers as arguments, x and y.

If I’m interpreting this correctly it’s saying that it’s reading the variable as a two number array instead of the first number for X and the second number for Y. Is that correct?

Is there a way to rewrite the code to keep it concise while still following this train of thought by either calling the variable in a different way or storing the coordinates in a slightly different manner?

2

Try this:

u = {"x": 30, "y": 33}

Edit: Nevermind, it won’t work for moveXY. This is covered in later levels but only for the move method.

3

you could still utilize it by passing u.x and u.y as arguments to the moveXY function though.

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The move XY() requires an x and y variable.
I’ll demo what the two above would look like together.

u = {x: 30, y: 33}
hero.moveXY(u.x, u.y)

For this level, you can simplify a few by using a variable for the x and y to minimize some repetition.

x = 30
y = 24
hero.moveXY(x, 33)
hero.moveXY(20, y)

Later you will learn about functions that could eliminate the sections that repeat.