[Tutor] Hands-on beginner's project?

[Jacqui]

LOL You rock! That's definitely better than my example. I can't wait to
get better at this!

:-D

On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 09:22 -0400, bob gailer wrote:
> >   
> 
> Even better is to define a Chapter class, with the various properties 
> and methods pertinent thereto, then make each chapter an instance of 
> that class.
> 
> class Chapter:
> 
>   def __init__(self, desc, ques=None, **actions):
>     self.desc = desc
>     self.ques = ques
>     self.actions = actions
>     self.prompt = ", ".join(actions.keys())
>     
>   def describe(self):
>     print self.desc
> 
>   def ask(self):
>     if self.ques:
>       print self.ques
>       for i in range(10):
>         ans = raw_input(self.prompt).lower()
>         next = self.actions.get(ans, None)
>         if next:
>           return next
>         else:
>           print "Invalid response"
>       else:
>         print "Too many failed attempts"
>       
> def main():
>   chapters = [None]*11 # allow for 10 chapters starting with 1
>   chapters[1] = Chapter("Ahead of you, you see a chasm.", "Attempt to 
> jump over it?", y=2, n=3)
>   chapters[2] = Chapter("Oops - that anvil is heavy. You die.")
>   chapters[3] = Chapter("Good choice.", "Pick a direction", n=4, s=5)
>   chapters[4] = Chapter("It's cold in here.", "Pick a direction", e=1, w=2)
>   chapters[5] = Chapter("It's hot in here.", "Pick a direction", u=6, d=3)
>   chapters[6] = Chapter("Congratulations - you found the gold.")
>   next = 1
>   while True:
>     chapter = chapters[next]
>     chapter.describe()
>     next = chapter.ask()
>     if not next:
>       print "Game over"
>       break
> 
> main()   
>