Problem with custom names in a new .rpy file

[Altali]

In my game's script, i made the game go in another .rpy file using jump and label. In the new file, when the custom name appears the game haves an exception.
What should i do to fix this?
(I'm a complete newbie at this...)

[erickcire95]

That could be a lot of things, it would be useful if you copy the exception text here so people can better understand the problem.

[Altali]

Thank you for the quick response!
In this case, "a" is the custom name.
Here's the code:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/FloRoute.rpy", line 6, in script
a "We should not only train, but also study."
KeyError: u'name'

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

Full traceback:
File "game/FloRoute.rpy", line 6, in script
a "We should not only train, but also study."
File "C:\Users\Vagner\Downloads\Trabalhos Rafa\ss\fon\trab\renpy-6.99.13-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 624, in execute
renpy.exports.say(who, what, interact=self.interact, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Vagner\Downloads\Trabalhos Rafa\ss\fon\trab\renpy-6.99.13-sdk\renpy\exports.py", line 1173, in say
who(what, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Vagner\Downloads\Trabalhos Rafa\ss\fon\trab\renpy-6.99.13-sdk\renpy\character.py", line 889, in __call__
who = who_pattern.replace("[who]", sub(who))
File "C:\Users\Vagner\Downloads\Trabalhos Rafa\ss\fon\trab\renpy-6.99.13-sdk\renpy\character.py", line 884, in sub
return renpy.substitutions.substitute(s, scope=scope, force=force, translate=translate)[0]
File "C:\Users\Vagner\Downloads\Trabalhos Rafa\ss\fon\trab\renpy-6.99.13-sdk\renpy\substitutions.py", line 242, in substitute
s = formatter.vformat(s, (), kwargs)
File "/home/tom/ab/x64lucid-deps/install/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 563, in vformat
File "/home/tom/ab/x64lucid-deps/install/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 585, in _vformat
File "/home/tom/ab/x64lucid-deps/install/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 646, in get_field
File "/home/tom/ab/x64lucid-deps/install/lib/python2.7/string.py", line 605, in get_value
KeyError: u'name'

Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
Ren'Py 6.99.13.2919

[Remix]

How are you defining the character a?

... and equally as important, are you re-using the variable 'a' for anything else?

[Altali]

How are you defining the character a?

... and equally as important, are you re-using the variable 'a' for anything else?

It's being defined in this way:

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define a = Character("[name]")

The name input is this:

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 $ name = renpy.input("Now then... Why don't you introduce yourself?")
 $ name = name.strip()

And "a" is only being used for the custom name...

[Remix]

Do you have a
default name = "Bob"
or somesuch? If not, add one.

I'd also advise using a variable name that is a bit more obscure than just 'name'. That might well clash with inner workings of Ren'py

[Altali]

Only now i noticed that the problem resides in the fact that i made the script use a name before the input....
But thanks for the tips!