📝 Place on Hex board

should work

Gwendolyn.py

@@ -569,6 +569,9 @@ async def parseCommands(message,content):
         except:
             logThis("Something went wrong (error code 1500)")
     
+    elif content.startswith("whatsmyid"):
+        logThis("Author's ID is "+str(message.author.id))
+    
     # Not a command
     else:
         logThis("That's not a command (error code 001)",str(message.channel))

funcs/games/hex.py

@@ -161,20 +161,28 @@ def placeHex(channel : str,player : int,position : str):
     else:
         return "There's no game in this channel", False, False, False, False
 
-# Returns a board where a piece has been placed in the column
-def placeOnHexBoard(board,player,column):
-    placementx, placementy = -1, column
 
-    for x in range(len(board)):
+# Returns a board where the placement has occured
-        if board[x][column] == 0:
+def placeOnHexBoard(board,player,position):
-            placementx = x
+    # Translates the position
+    position = position.lower()
+    try:
+        column = ord(position[0])-97   # ord() translates from letter to number
+        row = int(position[1])
+        if column not in range(boardWidth) or row not in range(boardWidth):
+            logThis("Position out of bounds (error code 1533)")
+            return "Error. That position is out of bounds."
+    except:
+        logThis("Invalid position (error code 1531)")
+        return "Error. The position should be a letter followed by a number, e.g. \"e2\"."
     
-    board[placementx][placementy] = player
+    # Place at the position
-
+    if board[row][column] == 0:
-    if placementx == -1:
+        board[row][column] = player
-        return None
-    else:
         return board
+    else:
+        logThis("Cannot place on existing piece (error code 1532)")
+        return "Error. You must place on an empty space."
 
 # Checks if someone has won the game and returns the winner
 def isHexWon(board):

resources/errorCodes.txt

@@ -111,3 +111,4 @@
 1520 - Unspecified AI error
 1531 - Invalid position
 1532 - Cannot place on existing piece
+1533 - Position out of bounds