Trouble with storing a position in a variable in turtle (python)

Question

Code

import turtle
window = turtle.Screen()
pen = turtle.Turtle()
def reset(p):
    pen.up()
    pen.goto(p);
    pen.forward(30);
    pen.down();
    pen.forward(100);
def cdraw():
   p = pen.position();
   for x in range(180):
      pen.backward(1)
      pen.right(1)
  return p;
  reset

My reset function seems to not be working, I think the problem is with my goto(p) line. I am not sure if I am allowed to use:

 p = pen.position();

My code currently runs cdraw function and then stops.

Answer 1

Your last question involved parentheses that should not have been included:

turtle.onscreenclick(star()) -> turtle.onscreenclick(star)

This one is the reverse, missing parentheses that are needed:

reset -> reset()

But there are other problems -- parentheses or not, any code directly following a return statement will never be reached:

return p;
reset  # never reached

The snippet of code you provide never calls cdraw() so reset() will never be called. Finally, semicolons really don't have a place in a properly written Python program.

Below is my best guess at what your program was intended to look like, but there's not enough information to know for sure:

import turtle

def reset(p):
    pen.up()
    pen.goto(p)
    pen.forward(30)
    pen.down()
    pen.forward(100)

def cdraw():
    p = pen.position()
    for x in range(180):
        pen.backward(1)
        pen.right(1)
    reset(p)

window = turtle.Screen()

pen = turtle.Turtle()

cdraw()

window.exitonclick()

These questions are not about turtle graphics but instead about basic Python programming.