Marc Cohen <mcohen...@gmail.com> writes: > USING PYTHON 2:
Why is that? > Write a program to play this game. This may seem tricky, so break it > down into parts. Like many programs, we have to use nested loops (one > loop inside another). In the outermost loop, we want to keep playing > until we are out of stones. You almost never /have/ to use nested loops. Has the course got this far without introducing the idea of a function? <snip> > So, the basic outline of the program should be something like this: > > totalStones = 100 > > maxStones = 5 maxTake or maxMove might be a more helpful name. > pile = TOTAL # all stones are in the pile to start > > while [pile is not empty]: > > while [player 1's answer is not valid]: > > [ask player 1] > > [execute player1’s move] > > Do the same for player 2…. (this can be achieved by a for loop) Is the idea for the program to play an optimal strategy for player 2, or is the program simply doing the housekeeping -- verifying moves and tracing the pile of stones? <snip> -- Ben. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
