Re: Free place to host python files?
Stuff like code.google, sf.net, are more oriented towards serious development, not just holding random apps, aren't they? Anyway, I found MediaFire, which looks like it will suffice for now. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Free place to host python files?
On Dec 16, 8:29 am, s...@pobox.com wrote: > feba> I'm getting started in python, and it would be helpful to have a > feba> place to put up various code snippets I've made, so I don't have > feba> to send them individually to each person I want to show it to. > feba> I'd prefer to use something that would give me a directory for my > feba> use only, instead of something where you can only upload one at a > feba> time. I'd especially like to avoid stuff that uses CAPTCHAs > feba> and/or forced waiting periods. > > http://pastebin.com/? > > -- > Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com -http://smontanaro.dyndns.org/ well, ignoring the fact that pastebin doesn't work for me for some reason, I'm talking about hosting it as a .py downloadable, not a hunk of text. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Free place to host python files?
I'm getting started in python, and it would be helpful to have a place to put up various code snippets I've made, so I don't have to send them individually to each person I want to show it to. I'd prefer to use something that would give me a directory for my use only, instead of something where you can only upload one at a time. I'd especially like to avoid stuff that uses CAPTCHAs and/or forced waiting periods. I'd really rather not have to run a server off my own computer, if it can be avoided at all. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Need help improving number guessing game
>The good news is that Python functions are objects too, so you can pass >them as params to another function. duh, duh, duh, duh, duh! I knew I was missing something there. Thanks. >if not mini <= x <= maxi: also thanks for this, I forgot about that. But I have it as if not minr < guess < maxr: because it's to DISALLOW the numbers to stay the same. >That was just a suggestion, and it would have been pretty >interesting IMHO as a basis for a "from Q&D procedural scripting to OO >application programing" tutorial. Yeah, I can see that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Need help improving number guessing game
> .strip() returns a copy of the string without leading and ending
whitespaces (inlcuding newlines, tabs etc).
Ahh. I had removed it because it didn't seem to do anything, but I've
readded it.
And I understand your dictionary stuff correctly now, I think, and I
worked it in. Currently, I have:
import random
def safeint(prompt="y"):
while True:
x = input(prompt)
try:
x = int(x)
except ValueError:
print("BAD INPUT!")
else:
break
return x
def safestr(prompt="y"):
while True:
x = input(prompt)
try:
x = str(x)
except ValueError:
print("BAD INPUT!")
else:
break
return x
def customrange(game, lowunsafe=True):
game['defrang'] = False #Keeps setup from changing range to
defaults
while lowunsafe: #makes sure that the low number is positive
picklow = safeint(prompt="PLEASE PICK THE LOW NUMBER: ")
if picklow < 0:
print("LOW NUMBER MUST BE POSITIVE")
else:
lowunsafe = False
pickhigh = safeint(prompt="PLEASE PICK THE HIGH NUMBER: ")
if pickhigh - picklow <= 2: #see setup().
print("HIGH MUST BE AT LEAST THREE GREATER THAN LOW")
else:
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = picklow, pickhigh
print("RANGE IS [%s-%s]!" % (game['minr'], game['maxr']))
def wantcustom(game, unsure=True):
#Allows user to decide their own range for guessing.
while unsure:
tryrange = safestr(prompt=\
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREATE A CUSTOM RANGE?
"\
+"Y/N: ")
if tryrange.strip().lower() == "n":
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = 1, 99 #Default range. see
setup
unsure = False
elif tryrange.strip().lower() == "y":
customrange(game)
unsure = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
def samesettings(game, unsure=True):
while unsure:
keepset = safestr(prompt="USE SAME SETTINGS? Y/N: ")
if keepset.strip().lower() == "y":
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = 1, 99 #Default range. see
setup
unsure = False
elif keepset.strip().lower() == "n":
wantcustom(game)
numplayers(game)
unsure = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
def setup(game):
#minr, maxr make minimum and maximum. Can be adjusted.
#Make sure that maxr - minr is at least 3.
#1 or less would be impossible. 2 would only have one guess for
victory
#The first would be unplayable, the second would play itself
if game['maxr'] - game['minr'] <= 2:
raise ValueError("INVALID RANGE!") #If this fails, check line
43
game['gcount'] = 0 #Reset guess count
game['target'] = random.randint(game['minr'], game['maxr'])
def playerswitch(game):
#Player Switch
#if player's a witch: burn(her)
if game['player'] is game['player1']:
game['player'] = game['player2']
else:
game['player'] = game['player1']
def youwin(game):
if game['pnum'] == 1:
print("CONGRATULATIONS! IT TOOK YOU %s GUESSES" % game
['gcount'])
else:
game['player']['score'] += 1
end = "CONGRATULATIONS %s! SCORE -- P1:%s P2:%s"
print(end % (game['player']['name'],\
game['player1']['score'], game['player2']['score']))
def playagain(game, unsure=True):
while unsure:
playover = safestr(prompt="PLAY AGAIN? Y/N: ")
if playover.strip().lower() == "y":
game['play'] = True
samesettings(game)
setup(game)
unsure = False
elif playover.strip().lower() == "n":
print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
game['play'] = False
unsure = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
def autofinish(game):
if game['maxr'] - game['minr'] == 2:
print("...ONLY ONE OPTION LEFT!")
youwin(game)
playagain(game)
def numplayers(game, unsafe=True):
while unsafe:
num = safeint(prompt="1 OR 2 PLAYERS?\n> ")
if num == 1 or 2: #ONLY allow 1 or 2P.
unsafe = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
game['pnum'] = num
def guesses(game, unsafe=True):
while unsafe:
guess = safeint(prompt="[%s-%s]%s>> " % \
#Shows range
(game['minr'], game['maxr'],\
#And which player's turn
game['player']['name']))
if guess >= game['maxr']:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guesses(game)
guesscheck(game)
elif guess <= game['minr']:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guesses(game)
guesscheck(game)
else:
unsafe = False
game['guess'] = guess
def guesscheck(game):
if game['guess'] == game['target']:
if game['pnum'
Re: Need help improving number guessing game
Spent a bit more time looking over suggestions and working out some
annoyances.
import random
def customrange(game, lowunsafe=True):
game['defrang'] = False #Keeps setup from changing range to
defaults
while lowunsafe: #makes sure that the low number is positive
picklow = int(input("PLEASE PICK THE LOW NUMBER: "))
if picklow < 0:
print("LOW NUMBER MUST BE POSTIVE")
else:
lowunsafe = False
pickhigh = int(input("PLEASE PICK THE HIGH NUMBER: "))
if pickhigh - picklow <= 2: #see setup().
print("HIGH MUST BE AT LEAST THREE GREATER THAN LOW")
else:
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = picklow, pickhigh
print("RANGE IS [%s-%s]!" % (game['minr'], game['maxr']))
def wantcustom(game, unsure=True):
#Allows user to decide their own range for guessing.
while unsure:
pickrange = input("WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREATE A CUSTOM RANGE? Y/
N: ")
if pickrange.lower() == "n":
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = 1, 99 #Default range. see
setup
unsure = False
elif pickrange.lower() == "y":
customrange(game)
unsure = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
def samesettings(game, unsure=True):
while unsure:
keepset = input("USE SAME SETTINGS? Y/N: ")
if keepset.lower() == "y":
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = 1, 99 #Default range. see
setup
unsure = False
elif keepset.lower() == "n":
wantcustom(game)
numplayers(game)
unsure = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
def setup(game):
#minr, maxr make minimum and maximum. Can be adjusted.
#Make sure that maxr - minr is at least 3.
#1 or less would be impossible. 2 would only have one guess for
victory
#The first would be unplayable, the second would play itself
if game['maxr'] - game['minr'] <= 2:
raise ValueError("INVALID RANGE!") #If this fails, check line
43
game['gcount'] = 0 #Reset guess count
game['target'] = random.randint(game['minr'], game['maxr'])
def playerswitch(game):
#Player Switch
#if player's a witch: burn(her)
if game['player'] == game['player1']:
game['player'] = game['player2']
else:
game['player'] = game['player1']
def youwin(game):
if game['pnum'] == 1:
print("CONGRATULATIONS! IT TOOK YOU %s GUESSES" % game
['gcount'])
else:
if game['player'] == game['player1']:
game['p1sc'] += 1
else:
game['p2sc'] += 1
end = "CONGRATULATIONS %s! SCORE -- P1:%s P2:%s"
print(end % (game['player'], game['p1sc'], game['p2sc']))
def playagain(game, unsure=True):
while unsure:
playover = input("PLAY AGAIN? Y/N: ")
if playover.lower() == "y":
game['play'] = True
samesettings(game)
setup(game)
unsure = False
elif playover.lower() == "n":
print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
game['play'] = False
unsure = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
def autofinish(game):
if game['maxr'] - game['minr'] == 2:
print("...ONLY ONE OPTION LEFT!")
youwin(game)
playagain(game)
def numplayers(game, unsafe=True, prompt="1 OR 2 PLAYERS?\n> "):
while unsafe:
while True:
num = input(prompt)
try: #Make sure that num is valid
num = int(num)
except ValueError:
print("BAD VALUE!")
else:
break
if num == 1 or 2: #ONLY allow 1 or 2P.
unsafe = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
game['pnum'] = num
def guesses(game, unsafe=True):
while unsafe:
while True:
try:
guess = int(input("[%s-%s]%s>> " \
#keeps user aware of who's turn it is, and the range
% (game['minr'], game['maxr'], game['player'])))
except ValueError:
print("BAD VALUE!")
else:
break
if guess >= game['maxr']:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guesses(game)
guesscheck(game)
elif guess <= game['minr']:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guesses(game)
guesscheck(game)
else:
unsafe = False
game['guess'] = guess
def guesscheck(game):
if game['guess'] == game['target']:
if game['pnum'] == 1:
game['gcount'] += 1
youwin(game)
playagain(game)
elif game['guess'] > game['target']:
print("TOO HIGH")
if game['pnum'] == 1:
game['gcount'] += 1
game['maxr'] = game['guess']
else:
print("TOO LOW")
if game['pnum'] == 1:
game['gcount'] += 1
game['minr'] = game['guess']
def guessing(game):
guesses(game)
guessc
Re: Need help improving number guessing game
I added the ability to select your own range. It takes two new
modules:
def customrange(game, lowunsafe=True):
game['defrang'] = False #Keeps setup from changing range to
defaults
while lowunsafe: #makes sure that the low number is positive
picklow = int(input("PLEASE PICK THE LOW NUMBER: "))
if picklow < 0:
print("LOW NUMBER MUST BE POSTIVE")
else:
lowunsafe = False
pickhigh = int(input("PLEASE PICK THE HIGH NUMBER: "))
if pickhigh - picklow <= 2: #see setup().
print("HIGH MUST BE AT LEAST THREE GREATER THAN LOW")
else:
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = picklow, pickhigh
print("RANGE IS [%s-%s]!" % (game['minr'], game['maxr']))
def wantcustom(game, unsure=True):
#Allows user to decide their own range for guessing.
while unsure:
pickrange = input("WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREATE A CUSTOM RANGE? Y/
N: ")
if pickrange.lower() == "n":
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = 1, 99 #Default range
unsure = False
elif pickrange.lower() == "y":
customrange(game)
unsure = False
else:
print("INVALID INPUT")
A slightly updated setup (it needed it anyway):
def setup(game):
#minr, maxr make minimum and maximum. Can be adjusted.
#Make sure that maxr - minr is at least 3.
#1 or less would be impossible. 2 would only have one guess for
victory
#The first would be unplayable, the second would play itself
if game['maxr'] - game['minr'] <= 2:
raise ValueError("INVALID RANGE!")
game['gcount'] = 0 #Reset guess count
game['target'] = random.randint(game['minr'], game['maxr'])
and putting wantcustom(game) immediately before setup(game) in main().
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Re: Need help improving number guessing game
Alright! This is feeling more like it.
#!/usr/bin/python
#Py3k, UTF-8
import random
def setup(game, minr=1, maxr=99):
#minr, maxr make minimum and maximum. Can be adjusted.
game['minr'], game['maxr'] = minr, maxr
game['gcount'] = 0 #Reset guess count
game['target'] = random.randint(minr, maxr)
def playerswitch(game):
#Player Switch
#if player's a witch: burn(her)
if game['player'] == game['player1']:
game['player'] = game['player2']
else:
game['player'] = game['player1']
def youwin(game):
if game['pnum'] == 1:
print("CONGRATULATIONS! IT TOOK YOU %s GUESSES" % game
['gcount'])
else:
if game['player'] == game['player1']:
game['p1sc'] += 1
else:
game['p2sc'] += 1
end = "CONGRATULATIONS %s! SCORE -- P1:%s P2:%s"
#Can the following line be more compact?
print(end % (game['player'], game['p1sc'], game['p2sc']))
def playagain(game):
playover = input("PLAY AGAIN? Y/N: ")
if playover.strip().lower() == "y":
game['play'] = True
setup(game)
else:
print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
game['play'] = False
def autofinish(game):
if game['maxr'] - game['minr'] == 2:
print("...ONLY ONE OPTION LEFT!")
youwin(game)
playagain(game)
def numplayers(game, prompt="1 OR 2 PLAYERS?\n> "):
while True:
num = input(prompt)
try:
num = int(num)
except ValueError:
print("BAD VALUE")
else:
break
game['pnum'] = num
def guesses(game):
game['guess'] = int(input("[%s-%s]%s>> " \
#keeps user aware of who's turn it is, and the range
% (game['minr'], game['maxr'], game['player'])))
def guesscheck(game):
if game['guess'] == game['target']:
if game['pnum'] == 1:
game['gcount'] += 1
youwin(game)
playagain(game)
elif game['guess'] >= game['maxr']:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guesses(game)
guesscheck(game)
elif game['guess'] <= game['minr']:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guesses(game)
guesscheck(game)
elif game['guess'] > game['target']:
print("TOO HIGH")
if game['pnum'] == 1:
game['gcount'] += 1
game['maxr'] = game['guess']
else:
print("TOO LOW")
if game['pnum'] == 1:
game['gcount'] += 1
game['minr'] = game['guess']
def guessing(game):
guesses(game)
guesscheck(game)
if game['pnum'] == 2:
playerswitch(game)
autofinish(game)
def main(game=None):
if game is None:
game = {}
print("WELCOME TO THE SUPER NUMBER GUESSING GAME!")
numplayers(game)
game['play'] = True
game['player1'], game['player2'] = "P1", "P2"
game['player'] = game['player1'] # P1 goes first
#Scores start at 0
game['p1sc'], game['p2sc'], game['gcount'] = 0, 0, 0
setup(game)
while game['play'] is True:
guessing(game)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
first off, I want to thank all of you for your help with this. I
really don't think I could've learned all of this out nearly as
quickly by reading tutorials and documentation, let alone had anything
near the grasp I have on it now. '''This''' is why I like learning by
doing. The only things I still don't really understand are .strip
().lower(), and try/except/else, and I plan on looking them up before
I do anything else. In the past few hours I've gone from not having a
clue what the whole {'fred': 0, 'barney': 0} thing was about to being
able to fully understand what you're talking about, and put it into
practice
2; I feel like this process is going quicker and quicker every time I
refine it. It also feels like it's getting easier to solve various
bugs when I create them they pop up. It might be because I'm
getting into it and having more fun, because the refinements are less
major each time, because they're easier to pick up, or some
combination of all of those. Either way, I feel very excited about it.
3; I found some very helpful gedit plugins. While I was in
preferences, I noticed you can have it highlight the margin; so I set
that to 75 to try to keep from going over the character limit/line
recommendation. Draw Spaces, a plugin, showing spaces is also pretty
helpful. I also found a python auto complete plugin which I haven't
used so far, but which looks very promising, along with a terminal
program (Keeps me from juggling windows, anyway)
4; I readded the counter for one player games. Out of curiosity, what
do you think of:
if game['pnum'] == 1:
game['gcount'] += 1
? I'm not sure whether this is good or bad. On the one hand, it keeps
it from adding to gcount without needing to, on the other hand it
seems like it might be more wasteful to check pnum than to just add to
gcount. It also makes it harder to adjust it to show gcount in two
player mode, if you want to do that
Re: Need help improving number guessing game
>Seems ok. You may want to use arguments with default values for a and b >(and possibly to use more meaningfull names): I changed it to minr and maxr. Mini is fine, but I can't name a variable maxi unless I have a good feminine hygiene joke to use with it. I don't see the aim of your changes to setup(). I can kinda understand checking to make sure that you didn't make the minimum higher than the maximum, but I think where you put minr/maxr would make it use the same minr/maxr as the end of the previous game, wouldn't it? >Minor point for a short program, but still good practice : use >constants. IE : I had done this initially, but it seemed wasteful and needlessly confusing in this situation. >I assume 'p1sc' means "player_1_score" ? >If so, you may want to use a dict for scores: I don't really understand dicts yet; actually, the tutorial I'm following (http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for- kids/ , designed for tweens, but other than the pointless anecdote and joke here and there, I've found it a very good guide) doesn't even seem to mention them, from a search of the pdf. Actually, apparently I stopped and started working on this just before the chapter on functions and modules. I'll look into that later on, but for now I'm pretty happy with how it works. >Is it really necessary to WRITE THIS IN ALL UPPERS ?-) If you didn't notice, in the original it was "CONGLATURATIONS". I could also make a "VIDEO GAME BAND. Heavy Metal's Not Dead." joke here, but I'm afraid a disappointingly small amount of people will get it. >Python has proper booleans too Yeah, I had those initially too, but "play = True" was causing trouble for some reason when I copy/pasted it into IDLE to try to troubleshoot, so I changed it to 1. I'll probably change it back later. >You should either put this in it's own function (could be named 'main'), >or at least "protect" it with an "if __name__ == '__main__':" test. Could you go into a bit more detail on this? I don't understand what should be its own function, nor do I understand what that line would do or how to use it. James, could you work that into a section of what I have to make it a bit easier to understand? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Need help improving number guessing game
#!/usr/bin/python
#Py3k, UTF-8
import random
def setup():
#global target, guess, a, b
#a, b make minimum, maximum. Can be adjusted.
a, b = 1, 99
target = random.randint(a, b)
return a, b, target
def playerswitch(player):
#Player Switch
#if player's a witch, burn her!
if player == "P1":
player = "P2"
else:
player = "P1"
return player
def youwin(pnum, player, p1sc, p2sc):
if pnum == 1:
print("CONGRATULATIONS!")
else:
if player == "P1":
p1sc += 1
else:
p2sc += 1
end = "CONGRATULATIONS %s! SCORE -- P1:%s P2:%s"
print(end %(player, p1sc, p2sc))
return p1sc, p2sc
def playagain(play):
playover = input("PLAY AGAIN? Y/N: ")
if playover.strip().lower() == "y":
play = 1
a, b, target = setup()
else:
print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
quit()
return play, a, b, target
def guesscheck(guess, target, play, a, b, p1sc, p2sc):
if guess == target:
p1sc, p2sc = youwin(pnum, player, p1sc, p2sc)
play, a, b, target = playagain(play)
elif guess >= b:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guess = int(input("[%s-%s]%s>> " % (a, b, player)))
play, a, b, target, p1sc, p2sc = guesscheck(guess, target,
play,
a, b, p1sc, p2sc)
elif guess <= a:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
guess = int(input("[%s-%s]%s>> " % (a, b, player)))
play, a, b, target, p1sc, p2sc = guesscheck(guess, target,
play,
a, b, p1sc, p2sc)
elif guess > target:
print("TOO HIGH")
b = guess
else:
print("TOO LOW")
a = guess
return play, a, b, target, p1sc, p2sc
def guessing(a, b, player, pnum, target, p1sc, p2sc, play):
#a and b are to keep the user aware of min/max
guess = int(input("[%s-%s]%s>> " % (a, b, player)))
play, a, b, target, p1sc, p2sc = guesscheck(guess, target, play,
a, b, p1sc, p2sc)
if pnum == 2:
player = playerswitch(player)
return play, a, b, player, target, p1sc, p2sc
#Let the show begin!
print("WELCOME TO THE SUPER NUMBER GUESSING GAME!")
pnum = int(input("1 OR 2 PLAYERS?\n> "))
play = 1
player = "P1" # P1 goes first
#Scores, keep track of times player guessed first.
p1sc, p2sc = 0, 0
#Grabs minimum, maximum, and target numbers
a, b, target = setup()
while play == 1:
play, a, b, player, target, p1sc, p2sc \
= guessing(a, b, player, pnum, target, p1sc, p2sc, play)
This is what I have now. It seems to work perfectly, and I tried to
work in your suggestions. Thanks, by the way, for recommending the
style guide. I've bookmarked it, and I'll try to remember to consult
it in the future.
One (extremely minor) annoyance is that if you have only one possible
guess left you still have to type it in manually. As an example,
[30-32]P#>> can only possibly be 31 (and I've changed it so that any
number >= 32 or <= 30 won't be accepted, so it's all the user can
input), which means whatever player is in control has a %100 chance of
winning. I know that "if b - a == 2" would be a simple enough test for
this, but I'm not quite sure when to put it, or what to do with it.
And yes, I'm aware that
guess = int(input("[%s-%s]%s>> " % (a, b, player)))
play, a, b, target, p1sc, p2sc = guesscheck(guess, target, play,
a, b, p1sc, p2sc)
is repeated three times. I will probably try to change this into a
function later on; right now, I just spent a few hours trying to get
this to work and making sure that it does (by playing it), so I'm
going to take a break.
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Re: Need help improving number guessing game
#!/usr/bin/python
#Py3k, UTF-8
import random
def startup():
print("WELCOME TO THE SUPER NUMBER GUESSING GAME!")
global pnum, play, player, p1sc, p2sc
pnum = int(input("1 OR 2 PLAYERS?\n> "))
play = True
player = "P1" #P1 goes first
p1sc = 0 #Number of times...
p2sc = 0 #player guessed before opponent
def setup():
global target, guess, a, b
a = 1
b = 99
target = random.randint(a, b)
guess = 0 #Won't fall between 1 and 99
def playerswap():
global player
if player == "P1":
player = "P2"
else:
player = "P1"
def guessing():
global guess, player, target, play, pnum, p1sc, p2sc, a, b
guess = int(input("[%s-%s]%s>> " % (a, b, player))) #keeps the
user aware of min/max
if guess == target:
if pnum == 1:
print("CONGRATULATIONS!" )
else:
if player == "P1":
p1sc += 1
else:
p2sc += 1
print("CONGRATULATIONS %s! SCORE -- P1:%s P2:%s" %(player,
p1sc, p2sc))
playover = input("PLAY AGAIN? Y/N: ")
if playover.strip().lower() == "y":
play = True
setup()
else:
play = False
elif guess > b:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
elif guess <= a:
print("NUMBER MUST BE IN RANGE")
elif guess > target:
print("TOO HIGH")
b = guess
else:
print("TOO LOW")
a = guess
if pnum ==2:
playerswap()
startup()
setup()
while play is True:
guessing()
This is what I have so far. better? worse? I'm guessing a mix of the
two. It took me a lot longer to get working, but I think it works
better. I also added a bit that tells you if you go higher or lower
than an already specified too high/low markers; although it doesn't
make you repeat that turn. I'm not sure if all those 'globals' are
bad, but they don't seem like they're something that should be good.
Functionally, it seems to work just fine.
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Need help improving number guessing game
#!/usr/bin/python/
#Py3k, UTF-8
import random
print(" --- WELCOME TO THE SUPER NUMBER GUESSING GAME --- " + ("\n" *
5))
pnum = int(input("1 OR 2 PLAYER?\nP#: "))
target = random.randint(1, 99) #Pick a random number under two digits
guess1 = 0 #Zero will never be picked as target...
guess2 = 0 #so it makes a good default value
p1score = 0 #For two player mode...
p2score = 0 #let's keep score!
print("LET'S START THE GAME. \nGUESS ANY WHOLE NUMBER FROM 1 TO 99.")
while True:
if pnum == 1: #1p mode
while True:
guess1 = int(input("\n>> "))
if guess1 > 100:
print("ONLY NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 99")
elif guess1 > target:
print("TOO HIGH")
elif guess1 == target:
print("CONGLATGURATIONS! PLAY AGAIN?")
target = random.randint(1, 99) #Set up the game
again
play = int(input("0 TO END: "))
if play == 0:
print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
quit()
else:
print("TOO LOW")
if pnum == 2: #2p mode
while True:
guess1 = int(input("\nP1> ")) #Player 1's turn
if guess1 > 100:
print("ONLY NUMBERS FROM 1 to 99")
elif guess1 > target:
print("TOO HIGH")
elif guess1 == target:
p1score += 1
print("GOOD JOB, PLAYER 1! THE SCORE IS:\nP1: %s
--- P2: %s\nPLAY AGAIN?" % (p1score, p2score))
target = random.randint(1, 99) #Set up game
again
play = int(input("0 TO END: "))
if play == 0:
print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
else:
print("TOO LOW")
guess2 = int(input("\nP2> ")) #Player 2's turn
if guess2 > 100:
print("ONLY NUMBERS FROM 1 to 99")
elif guess2 > target:
print("TOO HIGH")
elif guess2 == target:
p2score += 1
print("GOOD JOB, PLAYER 2! THE SCORE IS:\nP1: %s
--- P2: %s\nPLAY AGAIN?" % (p1score, p2score))
target = random.randint(1, 99) #Set up game again
play = int(input("0 TO END: "))
if play == 0:
print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
else:
print("TOO LOW")
else:
print("INVALID PLAYER SELECTION")
pnum = int(input("1 OR 2 PLAYER?\nPN#: "))
I have one major problem with this; the 'replay' selection. It quits
if you put in 0, as it should, and continues if you put in any other
number. However, if you just press enter, it exits with an error. it
also looks really ugly, and I'm sure there has to be plenty of better
ways to do it.
I'd also appreciate tips on how it could be better in general. I
should think that P1 and P2's turns shouldn't have to be completely
repeated; but I'm not quite sure how to def something like that.
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Re: (Very Newbie) Problems defining a variable
Actually, I have gedit set to four spaces per tab. I have no reason
why it's showing up that large on copy/paste, but the file itself is
fine.
Thanks for the advice Chris, Stephen, I can definitely see how those
are both far better ways of doing it. I have it as:
#!/usr/bin/python
#Py3k, UTF-8
bank = int(input("How much money is in your account?\n>>"))
if bank <=0:
print("You need a postive amount to gain interest.")
quit()
target = int(input("How much money would you like to earn each year?
\n>>"))
interest = 0
i = 0
while interest < target:
#determine the interest rate to use
if bank >= 10:
rate = 0.0173
elif bank >= 5:
rate = 0.0149
elif bank >= 25000:
rate = 0.0124
elif bank >= 1:
rate = 0.0085
else:
rate = 0.0060
#Now that we know what interest rate to use, apply it...
lastbank = bank#To calculate interest...
bank += (bank * rate) #Update earnings...
interest = bank - lastbank #And figure out how much interest is made!
i += 1 #So we can see which year a calculation represents
print("Year %s, at %s rate: %s paid, %s in bank." % (i, rate,
interest, bank))
now it checks to make sure the account is positive before moving on,
in addition to using your recommendations on readability and
efficiency in getting the rate
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Re: (Very Newbie) Problems defining a variable
On Dec 12, 5:56 am, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> feb...@gmail.com a écrit :
>
>
>
> > #!/usr/bin/python
> > #Py3k, UTF-8
>
> > bank = int(input("How much money is in your account?\n>>"))
> > target = int(input("How much money would you like to earn each year?
> > \n>>"))
>
> > interest = 0
> > i = 0
>
> > while interest < target:
> > #determine the interest rate to use
> > if bank >= :
> > rate = 0.006
> > elif bank >= 1 and bank <= 24999:
> > rate = 0.0085
> > elif bank >= 25000 and bank <= 4:
> > rate = 0.0124
> > elif bank >= 5 and bank <= 9:
> > rate = 0.0149
> > elif bank >= 10:
> > rate = 0.0173
>
> (snip)
>
> > I'm pretty certain that that is also the problem in the code. I'm
> > pretty sure it's a problem with the 'if' statements', and it looks
> > like it's one of those mistakes that's so simple you look back on it
> > and laugh at yourself. If you put in a bank number <= , it fails,
> > saying "NameError: name 'rate' is not defined". If you put in one
> > higher, it runs correctly, but thinks that the rate is 0.006
>
> Indeed. That's what you asked for. If bank is >= , then rate will be
> set to 0.006, and the following tests will be skipped. Else - since you
> just don't handle the case -, rate is not defined at all.
>
> I guess you wanted your first test to be:
>
> if bank <= :
> ...
>
> FWIW, when using if/elif that way, make sure you always end with a
> "default" else clause (even if just to signal you didn't expect to be
> there...)
>
> HTH
that's it, thanks! was confused with it being basically in a column of
all >= *.
I replaced it with
if bank <= 0:
print("You're in the red!")
quit()
elif bank >= 1 and bank <= :
rate = 0.0060
elif bank >= 1 and bank <= 24999:
rate = 0.0085
elif bank >= 25000 and bank <= 4:
rate = 0.0124
elif bank >= 5 and bank <= 9:
rate = 0.0149
elif bank >= 10:
rate = 0.0173
else:
print("What's this doing here?")
which also changes it to keep it from going on forever if you put in a
negative amount. Out of curiosity, would you still recommend applying
an 'else' clause in this case? I don't see how it could ever be
triggered, even if there's an error of some kind
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