[Tutor] Rock, Paper, Scissors

[wesley chun]

> This looks like a fun project to work on.  From
> reading the description, I feel this would be pretty
> straight forward game to program.  However, I have no
> idea how the computer would decide if it wanted a
> rock, paper, or a pair of scissors.  Any hints?


christopher,

this is indeed a *great* exercise... i've been using it since i can't
remember when... i had it as an exercise in BASIC and Pascal when i
was in high school, then turned it into an exercise for my C and
Python courses.  naturally it's also in Core Python.

others have said it and given code already, but this problem breaks
down into 3 discrete steps:

1. give values to R, P or S, i.e., an int, char, or some constant
2. have the user choose one via its constant
3. have the computer choose another -- you will need to randomly pick
one of the 3 constants
4. logic to determine who the "winner" is of if it is a draw

good luck!
-- wesley
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