collisions pygame tutorial code example

Example: pygame collisions

player_rectangle = pygame.Rect(top, left, width, height)

player_rectangle.colliderect(rect_you_want_to_test_is_being_overlapped) 
# Returns True or False if your rect collides with the rect given

player_rectangle.collidelist(list_of_rects)
# Tests if the player rect collides with a list of rects, returns index of 
# rect, give -1 if no rect collides.