NameError: name is not defined [solved]

[ibukichan]

I'm not sure if I'm just bad at programming, but I've been struggling with this bit of code for a few hours, and I have no idea how to fix this.

Here's the code:

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label attempt_one:

    $ password = "example"

    $ attempt = renpy.input("Input the password.")
    
    if attempt == password:
        jump correct_password
        
    else:
        jump attempt_two

Here's the traceback:

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 693, in script
    if attempt == password:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 693, in <module>
    if attempt == password:
NameError: name 'password' is not defined

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 693, in script
    if attempt == password:
  File "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Programs\renpy-6.17.6-sdk\renpy-6.17.6-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 1587, in execute
    if renpy.python.py_eval(condition):
  File "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Programs\renpy-6.17.6-sdk\renpy-6.17.6-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 1416, in py_eval
    return eval(py_compile(source, 'eval'), globals, locals)
  File "game/script.rpy", line 693, in <module>
    if attempt == password:
NameError: name 'password' is not defined

Please help me sort this out, this is a vital part of my project.

[rivvil]

This code snippet works for me smoothly. Have you tried to test it in a newly created game?
Note althought that my Ren'Py version is 6.18.3.

[ibukichan]

Huh. And now it's working. Guess I just needed to re-open the game. Thank you for your time, although I feel like I wasted it. >_<

[Queex]

Yeah, ren'py reloads scripts and resources and tries to carry on from the previous position, but it doesn't always do so perfectly. For example, if you added the line that defined 'password', then reloaded, then the variable would not be set because it wasn't in the array of stored values before the reload, and you were past that line when the 'save' was reloaded with the new code.