Variables not being set in defines

[hablahblahha]

Bug report

Bug description:

#chess

#init

ttnoutput = 1 #this shouldnt be here but just for testing. it doesnt work normally without this either

list=['R','N','B','K','Q','B','N','R',
'P','P','P','P','P','P','P','P',
'.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.',
'.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.',
'.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.',
'.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.',
'p','p','p','p','p','p','p','p',
'r','n','b','k','q','b','n','r']
lastmove = 'e2e4'

All functions

def showb():
showcount = 0
while showcount != 64:
showcount1 = (showcount + 1)/8 -1 + 1
showcount2 = ' '+str(showcount1)
if showcount+1 in (8,16,24,32,40,48,56,64):
print(list[showcount], end=showcount2+'\n')
else:
print(list[showcount], end=' ')
showcount += 1

def textonum(a):
if a == 'a':
ttnoutput = 1
if a == 'b':
ttnoutput = 2
if a == 'c':
ttnoutput = 3
if a == 'd':
ttnoutput = 4
if a == 'e':
ttnoutput = 5
if a == 'f':
ttnoutput = 6
if a == 'g':
ttnoutput = 7
if a == 'h':
ttnoutput = 8
if a not in (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8):
print('does not fit number')
print(a)

def initvars():
initpos = lastmove[0,2]
finalpos = lastmove[2,4]
textonum(initpos[0])

def postoval(c): #1-64 not 0-63
textonum(c[0])
ptvoutput = (ttnoutput) + (int(c[1])-1)*8
print(ttnoutput+(int(c[1])-1)*8) #ive tried printing it out and its working
ptvoutput = ttnoutput+(int(c[1])-1)*8 setting it into the variable twice but name error bounces out using that variable

def legal_move():
pass

def move(d,b):
postoval(d)
opos = ptvoutput
postoval(b)
fpos = ptvoutput
if list(opos-1) != '.':
print('Cannot move no piece')
else:
list[fpos-1] = list[opos-1]
list[opos-1] = '.'

Code starts here

showb()
move('e2','e4')

CPython versions tested on:

3.11

Operating systems tested on:

Windows

[hugovk]

You've not said what the problem is, I'm guessing it's a bug in your code. This issue tracker is for bugs in Python itself.

Please ask at https://discuss.python.org/c/users/7 or https://www.pythondiscord.com/ instead.