PyGame App NameError: name 'event' is not defined

Question

This is extremely annoying and I don't know why it's happening. Here's the code:

import pygame
from sys import exit

def createWin(x, y):
    winCreate = True
    while winCreate:
        win = pygame.display.set_mode((x, y))
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            exit()

createWin(1000, 1000)

I get this error:

NameError: name 'event' is not defined

The error is exactly what it says. The variable event is nowhere defined. I think you should look at the tutorial again and find where the event variable is defined. I am sure pygame has some good tutorials — Uli Sotschok
– Uli Sotschok, Commented Oct 30, 2019 at 20:08
event isn't defined. It's not a primitive in python. I'm assuming that you are looking at a tutorial somewhere where event is being used. Check that tutorial for where they define event, i.e. event = ..., or from X import event — Primusa
– Primusa, Commented Oct 30, 2019 at 20:09

martineau · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-30 20:28:37Z

5

You should do -

for event in pygame.event.get():
    if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
        pygame.quit()
        exit()

Otherwise python will not recognize event!

edited Oct 30, 2019 at 20:28

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answered Oct 30, 2019 at 20:10

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Sergio Marrero Marrero Over a year ago

is possible to wrap this loop inside a function and return the variable event?

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