I want to third the whitespace and comments.
Also, looking at your code I notice that each of your
while 1:
play = raw_input("What is your choice? ") #Aks use to enter a choice
from the menu
if play == '3': #If user picks 3
print "\nHave a nice day!\n" #Tell them to have a nice day
sys.exit() #Then exit the entire thing
elif play == '2': #If user picks 2
instruct() #Then lets call the instructions function
elif play == '1': #If user picks 1
game() #Then lets call the game function for the user to play
elif play == '': #This is used is the menu leaves the screen so the
user can get it back
choice() #Bring back the menu
else:
print "\nYou need to pick 1, 2 or 3 or hit enter to see choices\n"
results from the choice are basically functions and functions are objects, so....
(I got this idea from Danny and Kent - I like it...)
def exit():
print "\nHave a nice day!\n" # You might want to make this a raw_input so the
sys.exit() # user can catch it before the screen disappears...
def altexit(): # Alternative exit
raw_input("\nHave a nice day!\nPress enter to exit.") # This stops the exit just long enough for the user to press enter and leave
sys.exit()
def instruct(): ## Whatever instruct is, goes here
def game(): ## The game function is here
def choice(): ## The choice definition is here
## Now the fun part ##
## We define a dictionary options that stores the strings that the user would input as keys. The values
## are the functions that we just defined
options = {"3":altexit, # Notice no parenthesis--we don't want to call the functions when putting them in the dicionary!
"2":instruct,
"1":game,
"":choice}
while 1:
play = raw_input("What is your choice? ")
if play in options.keys(): ## This makes sure that the user input is one of our options
options[play]() ## Call the function that is the value of the key that is the choice the user made
else: ## Say that the user input is not one of your choices...
print "\nYou need to pick 1, 2 or 3 or hit enter to see choices\n"
HTH, Jacob
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