On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Joel Goldstick
<joel.goldst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Joel Goldstick
> <joel.goldst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:00 AM, abid saied <abidsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> # OK, I'm stuck on setting up an instruction that ends the program once
>>> you
>>> # say either 'yes' or 'no'. And if you don't say 'yes' or 'no', and you
>>> reach
>>> # the end, the program comes to an end. Please remember I'm a newbie
>>> and would
>>> # appreciate any advise in plain simple English, like I was 5 years old!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> import time
>>>
>>> def main():
>>> print()
>>> print("YES/NO Game ")
>>> time.sleep(2)
>>> print()
>>> print()
>>>
>>> print("In this game, I will ask you a series of questions, if you
>>> answer YES or NO, you loose!")
>>> print()
>>> print("Remember to answer in Capitals!")
>>> print()
>>> time.sleep(2)
>>> print("Starting the game ...")
>>> print()
>>> time.sleep(2)
>>> name = input("What is your name? ")
>>> print()
>>> time.sleep(2)
>>> print("ok " + (name) + (", time for the questions..."))
>>> print()
>>> time.sleep(2)
>>>
>>>
>>> answer = input("How old are you? ")
>>> if answer == "YES":
>>> print("...You said yes, you loose!")
>>> elif answer == "NO":
>>> print ("...You said NO, you loose!")
>>>
>>>
>>> answer = input("Do you like apples? ")
>>> if answer == "YES":
>>> print("...You said yes, you loose!")
>>> elif answer == "NO":
>>> print ("...You said NO, you loose!")
>>>
>> You repeat this pattern throughout your program, so it should be made
>> a function like this:
>>
>> def ask_question(question):
>> answer = input(question)
>> answer = answer.upper()
>> if answer == "YES" or answer == "NO":
>> print "...You said %s, you loose!", answer
>> exit(0) # this will end the program
>> return # this will get you out of your function
>>
>>
>> To ask all of your questions, create a list of questions like this:
>>
>> list_of_questions = ["first question", "second question", etc ... ]
>>
>> Now do this:
>> for question in list_of_questions:
>> ask_question(question)
sorry I messed up the last line a couple of times
>>
>>
>> then finish with what you have below.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> print("OK, you win!You didn't say 'YES' or 'NO', well done!")
>>> time.sleep(2)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Abid Saied
>>> abidsa...@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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