Re: [Tutor] My First Program
Here's my new and improved program:
def quiz_question(some_question, some_right_answer):
question = raw_input(some_question)
if question == some_right_answer:
print Yes!\n
else:
print Wrong\n
quiz_question(Name the capital of NC? , Raleigh)
quiz_question(Name the capital of SC? , Columbia)
quiz_question(Name the capital of NY? , Albany)
quiz_question(Name the capital of OH? , Columbus)
quiz_question(Name the capital of TX? , Austin)
I took Danny's advice and plagerized his function code (sorry about that,
Danny). I like it! It's much neater and I'm kicking myself for not realizing
this. I didn't like the if-else chain but I was stuck on what to do.
Creating programs is the way to learn! I know you've heard countless of
wannabe coders say this but I'll read the material and I think I know what
functions and loops (etc) are but when I try to create something, I'm stuck
and not sure how to proceed. Speaking of stuck, I'm not sure how to create
the counting variable that Greg suggested. Can someone lead me but don't
tell me the answer? Thanks!
From: Danny Yoo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: Joseph Quigley [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tutor tutor@python.org
Subject: Re: [Tutor] My First Program
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:52:54 -0800 (PST)
Hi! My first ever program that I've created is a simple game called
State Capitals. It's straight forward; 5 simple questions about
state capitals in a non-GUI format.
[some code cut]
Hi Trent,
Looks good so far! There is one direct thing we can do to make the
program a little shorter: we can use functions. If you want, we can go
through an example to see what these things do.
There's a fairly consistant pattern to each of the quiz questions. If we
look at the first two blocks of questions, for example:
question = raw_input(Question 1 - What is the capital of NC, a:
Raleigh
or
b: Atlanta? )
if question == a:
print Yes\n
else:
print WRONG\n
question = raw_input(Question 2 - What is the capital of SC, a:
Greenville
or b: Columbia? )
if question == b:
print Yes\n
else:
print WRONG\n
and if we squint our eyes a bit, we might see a pattern here, something
like:
question = raw_input( {some question here} )
if question == {some right answer here}:
print Yes\n
else:
print Wrong\n
where I've put placeholders (the stuff in braces) to mark the places
that are different.
There is a feature in many programming languages called the function
that allows us to capture this pattern and give it a name. Think Mad
Libs: what we can do is make a mad-lib game form, and then let people fill
in what they want.
The block above can be turned into this function:
###
def quiz_question(some_question, some_right_answer):
question = raw_input(some_question)
if question == some_right_answer:
print Yes\n
else:
print Wrong\n
###
'quiz_question' is the name I've given this, though if you want to call
it something else, please feel free to change the name.
Once we have 'quiz_question', how do we use this? Let try this from the
interactive interpreter:
##
quiz_question(what's your favorite color?, green)
what's your favorite color?green
Yes
quiz_question(what's your favorite color?, green)
what's your favorite color?blue no red!
Wrong
##
Does this make sense so far?
By having that function, it'll lets you add more questions to your quiz by
just adding the stuff that's really important: the content of the
questions and their right answers.
The tutorials on:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers
should talk about functions a bit. Try playing with functions: it should
make your program shorter, and that'll make it a little easier to think
about how to do the three-strikes-you're-out! thing.
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[Tutor] My First Program
Hi! My first ever program that I've created is a simple game called State Capitals. It's straight forward; 5 simple questions about state capitals in a non-GUI format. Can someone look over my code and offer tips, suggestions, criticism? Also, I'd like to be able to end the program if the user misses 3 questions (i.e., kick them out after the 3rd wrong answer). How can I do this? Thanks! print \nState Capitals! Answer a or b to the following questions.\n question = raw_input(Question 1 - What is the capital of NC, a: Raleigh or b: Atlanta? ) if question == a: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 2 - What is the capital of SC, a: Greenville or b: Columbia? ) if question == b: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 3 - What is the capital of NY, a: Albany or b: Buffalo?) if question == a: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 4 - What is the capital of OH, a: Cleveland or b: Columbus? ) if question == b: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 5 - What is the capital of TX, a: Houston or b: Austin? ) if question == b: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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