Getting parts of two classes to interact with a random chance? - ruby

Question

I know I'm asking a lot of questions, and I apologize for that.
I am trying to get 2 classes to interact with each other, but with a random chance.
class Hands
attr_reader :name, :element, :skill, :mana, :health, :attack, :fire, :water, :lyfe, :summons
attr_writer :mana, :health
attr_accessor :summon
def initialize(name, element, skill)
#mana = 100
#health = 200
#summons = []
#name = name
#element = element
#skill = skill
end
def summon
#summons << summon
random_number = [1, 2].sample
if #element == "Lyfe"
if random_number == 1
puts "#{#name} summoned #{summon1.name}"
elsif random_number == 2
puts "#{#name} summoned #{summon2.name}"
else
puts "#{#name} can not use this ability!"
end
end
end
end
class Summons
attr_reader :name, :strength, :health
attr_writer :name, :strength, :health
attr_accessor :summon
def initialize(name, strength)
#name = name
#strength = strength
if #strength == "1"
#health = 25
#mana = 25
elsif #strength == "2"
#health = 50
#mana = 50
elsif #strength == "3"
#health = 100
#mana = 75
end
end
end
player1 = Hands.new('Silk', 'Lyfe', 'Summon')
player2 = Hands.new('Nubz', 'Lyfe', 'Manipulate Wildlife')
player3 = Hands.new('Lisk', 'Water', 'Invisible')
player4 = Hands.new('Azzi', 'Water', 'Manipulate Water')
player5 = Hands.new('Zeph', 'Fire', 'Lightning')
player6 = Hands.new('Ford', 'Fire', 'Manipulate Fire')
player7 = Hands.new('Boyd', 'Fire', 'Craft')
summon1 = Summons.new('Berto', '1')
summon2 = Summons.new('Wicket', '1')
summon3 = Summons.new('Skye', '1')
summon4 = Summons.new('Test4', '2')
summon5 = Summons.new('Test5', '2')
summon6 = Summons.new('Test6', '3')
player1.summon
I know I probably have some unnecessary code in there.
I am trying to get one of the players (Hands class) to randomly "summon" one of the summons. I tried using a random_number.sample command, but I got a stack level too deep error. The random_number code is shortened to 1 & 2 for testing purposes, but if it can somehow work and expand to all 6 that would be great.
Any explanation would help!

Answer 1

I got a stack level too deep error
That's because you call summon from within summon:
def summon # <--+
#summons << summon # |
# ^^^^^^------+ invokes itself over and over again
But let's start from the beginning. The Player#summon method needs to somehow access the "summons".
You could create an array of available summons, e.g.
available_summons = [
Summons.new('Berto', '1'),
Summons.new('Wicket', '1'),
Summons.new('Skye', '1')
]
And then pass that array to your summon method:
player1 = Hands.new('Silk', 'Lyfe', 'Summon')
player1.summon(available_summons)
Within your method you would sample from that array and add the sampled element to the player's #summons array: (I removed any additional logic for now)
def summon(available_summons)
summon = available_summons.sample
#summons << summon
puts "#{#name} summoned #{summon.name}"
end
Example with output:
player1 = Hands.new('Silk', 'Lyfe', 'Summon')
player1.summon(summons)
# Silk summoned Berto
player1.summon(summons)
# Silk summoned Skye
The #summons array will be populated as expected:
player1.summons
#=> [
# #<Summons:0x00007fbf1c9d80b8 #name="Berto", #strength="1", #health=25, #mana=25>,
# #<Summons:0x00007fbf1c9189c0 #name="Skye", #strength="1", #health=25, #mana=25>
# ]
Note that passing the array to Player#summon is just one possible solution. You could also pass it to Player.new (i.e. initialize) and store it in an instance variable. Or – if the array is rather static – you could store it right within the Player class, maybe in a constant. It really depends on how you want to structure your code.