"Non-empty block?" Buwah?

[Lime]

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for being so patient with me. I know I must be tiring you guys out by asking all of these questions. XD;

Anyway, I would like to know what a "non-empty block" is. I've been wondering what it is after I keep seeing error messages that say something "expects a non-empty block", but since neither the demo nor the Wiki mention this phrase at all, I'm left confused. Could someone possibly help me out with this?

I'd also like to learn what I'm doing wrong in the first place to avoid getting more errors with this annoying message in the future, though I think I may already know the answer. You see, I'm trying to make it so that my game remembers if I picked a certain choice when I click on the choice that leads to that choice. (Redundancy is redundant.) However, the code that makes the game remember which of the two choices I chose is after where I put the codes that makes the game show a certain text depending on what the choice was. Is that what I'm doing wrong? If you need more details on this, please let me know.

Again, thanks in advance!

[JQuartz]

I would like to know what a "non-empty block" is

A block that has at least one statement in it. What's a block? Read it here:
http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/ref ... 6bb62092ec

Generally this error message is caused by errors in indentation.

You see, I'm trying to make it so that my game remembers if I picked a certain choice when I click on the choice that leads to that choice. (Redundancy is redundant.) However, the code that makes the game remember which of the two choices I chose is after where I put the codes that makes the game show a certain text depending on what the choice was. Is that what I'm doing wrong? If you need more details on this, please let me know.

Huh? Me no understand what you say. But like I said the problem is likely caused by the indentation of the block (probably after the menu), I think.

[PyTom]

Basically, a block consists of lines of code that are all at the same indentation, and that are indented relative to a previous line of code. For example, if we have:

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Line A
    Line B
    Line C
Line D

Lines B and C form a block, and that block should be expected by line A.

Ren'Py has a bunch of statements that require a block. For example, if you have a bunch of menu choices, but don't indent the code after them correctly, you'll get an error. This is incorrect:

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menu:
    "Choice 1":
    "I get put into jail."
    "Choice 2":
    "I get fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun."

This is incorrect because the two menu choices each expect a block. The correct code will indent the say statements properly, giving each choice a block.

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menu:
    "Choice 1":
        "I get put into jail."
    "Choice 2":
        "I get fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun."

Hopefully, this helps a bit. If you're still confused, it may make sense to post the lines of code surrounding the line with the error (enclosed in code tags), so we can more accurately diagnose your problem.