Iterate randint() multiple times when calling a function

[Jake123]

When I call the stars() function, it only iterates the randint() function once and not every time the while loop is ran. I am unsure on how to make it call a different randint() each time the while loop runs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

from turtle import Turtle, bgcolor, colormode, done
from random import randint
bgcolor("blue4")
colormode()


def main() -> None:
"""The entrypoint of my scene."""
van_gogh: Turtle = Turtle()
stars(van_gogh, randint(-400, 400), randint(0, 250), randint(10, 30))
done()


def stars(a_turtle: Turtle, x: int, y: int, radius: int) -> None:
"""Describing the stars' characteristics, location, and drawing orders."""
a_turtle.fillcolor("yellow")
a_turtle.penup()
a_turtle.goto(x, y)
a_turtle.pendown()
i: int = 0
while i < 20:
a_turtle.begin_fill()
a_turtle.circle(radius)
a_turtle.end_fill()
i = i + 1


if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

Yoriz write Feb-16-2022, 12:30 AM:
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[bowlofred]

stars() takes x,y as ints to describe the location. That's not going to change within stars.

If you want one call to stars() to draw random locations, make that explicit and don't pass in the location. Pass in a range and let stars pick randomly in that range.

Otherwise, just make stars() draw one star at one location and then call it as many times as you need. Something like:

# draw_star() draws one star at a time.
for _ in range(20):
    draw_star(van_gogh, randint(-400, 400), randint(0, 250), randint(10, 30))

[deanhystad]

If you want a different random number each time the loop runs, call randint() from inside the loop. Seems pretty obvious. Am I missing something?

Let me take that back. Instead I think you should take the loops outside the stars function and put it in the main function. stars() becomes star() and it draws one star. Call multiple times to draw multiple stars.