# Name choice error **URL:** \ **Category:** ChoiceScript Help\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714 "2018-05-10T16:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/1 "2018-05-10T16:30:56Z")
I’m having trouble with the character being able to choose their name. This is what i have written there: ``` *label name *choice #Jacob #John #Jonathan #Jack #Henry *input_text name #Wait, these are not my names Your name is ${name}, is that right? *choice #Yes #Wait, no it's not. *goto name ``` My error looks like this: startup line 34: Expected choice body ---
**Author:** ![Szaal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/szaal/32/112202_2.png) [@Szaal](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Szaal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/2 "2018-05-10T16:35:22Z")
``` *choice #Jacob *set name "Jacob" ``` Repeat this kind of structure for every options ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/3 "2018-05-10T16:38:03Z")
But i want the character to write their name down and select it, if you know what i mean. ---
**Author:** ![Szaal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/szaal/32/112202_2.png) [@Szaal](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Szaal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/4 "2018-05-10T16:39:43Z")
Well, if you want to give the player a “create my own name,” you just need to add a separate option ``` #I want my own name *input_text name ``` ---
**Author:** ![lunawisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/lunawisp/32/85423_2.png) [@lunawisp](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/lunawisp)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/5 "2018-05-10T16:41:46Z")
Then you don’t need the choice statement. Just print something to tell the player what they’re doing and follow it with the input statement. Enter name: \*input\_text name The choice statement prints a list of options, each of which has to be followed by some text or an instruction. ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/6 "2018-05-10T16:49:07Z")
#Wait, these are not my names \*input\_text name Works. **Doesn’t work** \*goto is \*label is Your name is ${name}, is that right? \*choice #Yes #Wait, no it’s not. \*goto name Error: Expected choice body. ---
**Author:** ![Szaal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/szaal/32/112202_2.png) [@Szaal](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Szaal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/7 "2018-05-10T16:51:49Z")
Just like the previous one, you need some rando-bunch of text below the option ``` #option rando-bunch of text ``` * * * CScript doesn’t like “empty” choices. ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/8 "2018-05-10T16:53:28Z")
But it wants a choice after i put in \*goto name … Why? ---
**Author:** ![Szaal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/szaal/32/112202_2.png) [@Szaal](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Szaal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/9 "2018-05-10T16:55:07Z")
Because you put it back into the choice. It doesn’t really matter, IMO. The player can always pick the “create my name” option again. ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/10 "2018-05-10T17:03:15Z")
``` Ok, and what is that? *create name "Jacob" *create name "John" *create name "Jonathan" *create name "Jack" *create name "Henry" ``` (This is at the beginning of startup) ``` These are the choices: #Jacob *set name Jacob #John *set name John #Jonathan *set name Jonathan #Jack *set name Jack #Henry *set name Henry ``` And this is the error: startup line 35: Non-existent variable ‘jacob’ ---
**Author:** ![Carlos.R](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/carlos.r/32/75837_2.png) [@Carlos.R](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Carlos.R)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/11 "2018-05-10T17:05:07Z")
You can click the preformatted text button to put your code into, so we can see if there are any issues with spacing. It’s the button that looks like this: ``` ``` ---
**Author:** ![Carlos.R](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/carlos.r/32/75837_2.png) [@Carlos.R](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Carlos.R)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/12 "2018-05-10T17:10:28Z")
Ok yeah, you only need to create the `name` variable one time like this: `*create name ""` You can also put in a stand-in name just for now: `*create name "Default"` Because it will change when you set the name. When you change a variable that you created with quotations, like the name variable, whatever you set it to also has to be in quotations. So, you’ll want to do… ``` *set name "Jacob" ``` And so on… Because if you have `*set name Jacob` without quotes that means it’s trying to look for a variable called `Jacob` ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/13 "2018-05-10T17:12:51Z")
Version for idiots, please. ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/14 "2018-05-10T17:19:32Z")
I mean, i already did that, i did `*create name "Jacob"` and then in the choice `*set name Jacob` So why is it telling me that the variable doesn’t exist? ---
**Author:** ![Carlos.R](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/carlos.r/32/75837_2.png) [@Carlos.R](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Carlos.R)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/15 "2018-05-10T17:23:01Z")
> [@YeThatFella](#): > > I mean, i already did that, i did `*create name "Jacob"` and then in the choice `*set name Jacob` So why is it telling me that the variable doesn’t exist? Because `Jacob` is a variable and `"Jacob"` is a string. ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/16 "2018-05-10T17:25:25Z")
And how do i fix that? Like i said, version for idiots, please. ---
**Author:** ![Carlos.R](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/carlos.r/32/75837_2.png) [@Carlos.R](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Carlos.R)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/17 "2018-05-10T17:26:35Z")
Whenever you do `*set name` You need to have quotes around the name, like `*set name "Jacob"` ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/18 "2018-05-10T17:33:35Z")
> [@YeThatFella](#): > > \*label name > \*choice > #Jacob > #John > #Jonathan > #Jack > #Henry > \*input\_text name > #Wait, these are not my names > > Your name is ${name}, is that right? > \*choice > #Yes > #Wait, no it’s not. > \*goto name ```choicescript *label name *choice #Jacob *set name "Jacob" *goto is #John *set name "John" *goto is #Jonathan *set name "Jonathan" *goto is #Jack *set name "Jack" *goto is #Henry *set name "Henry" *goto is #Wait, these are not my names *goto name_input *label name_input Then what's your name? *input_text name *goto is *label is Your name is ${name}, is that right? *choice #Yes *goto next #Wait, no it’s not. *goto name_input ``` There you go ---
**Author:** ![YeThatFella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/yethatfella/32/56742_2.png) [@YeThatFella](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/YeThatFella)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/19 "2018-05-10T17:36:54Z")
Since when did gods exist? ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714/20 "2018-05-10T17:40:36Z")
I could show you how to make a name-check subroutine scene and put it in there if you like? [Next page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/name-choice-error/38714.md?page=2)