Need help improving number guessing game

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

feba a écrit :
> #!/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

Seems ok. You may want to use arguments with default values for a and b 
(and possibly to use more meaningfull names):

def setup(mini=1, maxi=99)
    # sanity check
    if mini >= maxi:
       raise ValueError("mini must be lower than maxi")
    target = random.randint(mini, maxi)
    return mini, maxi, target

> def playerswitch(player):
>     #Player Switch
>     #if player's a witch, burn her!

Extra bonus point for quoting Monty Pythons !-)

>     if player == "P1":
>         player = "P2"
>     else:
>         player = "P1"
>     return player


I'd name this one "switch_player" (most of the time, function names 
should be verbs) - but this is mostly a matter of personal taste !-)

Minor point for a short program, but still good practice : use 
constants. IE :

# at the top level
PLAYER_1 = 1
PLAYER_2 = 2

# in your code
....
    if player == PLAYER_1:
...


Also, you could use early returns here instead of rebinding then 
returning player.

def switch_player(player):
     if player == PLAYER_1:
         return PLAYER_2
     else:
         return PLAYER_1

> def youwin(pnum, player, p1sc, p2sc):

I assume 'p1sc' means "player_1_score" ?

If so, you may want to use a dict for scores:

    scores = {PLAYER_1:0, PLAYER_2:0}

then...

>     if pnum == 1:
>         print("CONGRATULATIONS!")

<ot>Is it really necessary to WRITE THIS IN ALL UPPERS ?-)</ot>

>     else:
>         if player == "P1":
>             p1sc += 1
>         else:
>             p2sc += 1

Which would then become:
           scores[player] +=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 

If it's meant to be 0/1 flag, Python has proper booleans too (True and 
False).

>         a, b, target = setup()
>     else:
>         print("GOOD BYE. PLAY AGAIN SOON!")
>         quit()

It might be better to avoid exiting so brutally. Why not returning 0, 
none, None, None ?

>     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!

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.

> 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.

And it looks way better than your first version.

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