[Tutor] rock paper scissor lizard spock help

[Bob Gailer]

On Jun 14, 2016 4:05 PM, "Katelyn O'Malley" <k.omalley92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi I am just getting into python and I am trying to create a rock paper
> scissor lizard spock game for 3 people and I cannot figure out the scoring
> of the players I attached the code below, any help/ideas is much
> appreciated.
Welcome to python and the tutor list.

I don't know what you mean by "figure out the scoring". Please explain.

Did you test the program? Please do that now, fix the problems that you
will discover.

I don't want to sound discouraging, but there are many problems here. I
will list some.

Unused items e.g. random.
Undefined names e.g. difference.
Unnecessary function calls e.g. str, int
Repeated code.

I assume this is your first attempt at programming.

Have you gone through any tutorials?

It would be good to start with something simpler.

I suggest you sit with pencil and paper and walk through the program line
by line.

What happens If a player enters something other than a valid choice?

We want you to succeed. But you must study proper coding techniques. Take a
course, read a book, get a simpler program running.

>
> import random
>
> number_of_games = 3
>
> print("Player 1 please choose rock , paper , scissors , lizard, or spock
> (in lower case please)")
> choice1 = input("What do you choose?  ")
> player1_choice = str(choice1)
> print("Player 2 please choose rock , paper , scissors , lizard, or spock
> (in lower case please)")
> choice2 = input("What do you choose?  ")
> player2_choice = str(choice2)
> print("Player 3 please choose rock , paper , scissors , lizard, or spock
> (in lower case please)")
> choice3 = input("What do you choose?  ")
> player3_choice = str(choice3)
> def name_to_number(name):
>     if name == "rock":
>         name = 0
>         return name
>     elif name == "spock":
>         name = 1
>         return name
>     elif name == "paper":
>         name = 2
>         return name
>     elif name == "lizard":
>         name = 3
>         return name
>     elif name == "scissors":
>         name = 4
>         return name
>
> def number_to_name(number):
>     if number == 0:
>         number = "rock"
>         return number
>     elif number == 1:
>         number = "spock"
>         return number
>     elif number == 2:
>         number = "paper"
>         return number
>     elif number == 3:
>         number = "lizard"
>         return number
>     elif number == 4:
>         number = "scissors"
>         return number
>
> player1_number = name_to_number(choice1)
> player2_number = name_to_number(choice2)
> player3_number = name_to_number(choice3)
>
> while number_of_games > 0:
>     number_of_games -= 1
>     print("Player 1 choice is: " + player1_choice)
>     print("Player 2 choice is: " + player2_choice)
>     print("Player 3 choice is: " + player3_choice)
>     if (int(player1_number) - player2_number) % 5 >=3:
>         print("Player 1 wins!")
>     elif difference >=2:
>         print("Player 2 wins!")
>     elif difference <=1:
>         print ("Player 3 wins!")
>     elif difference == 0:
>         print("It's a tie! You have %d tries left..." % number_of_games)
>         number_of_games = ''
>     else:
>         print("You lost to the Computer. You have %d games left..." %
> number_of_games)
>         number_of_games = ''
>     break
>
> while number_of_games >0:
>     number_of_games -=1
>     choice1 = input("What do you choose?  ")
>     player1_choice = str(choice1)
>     print("Player 1 choice is: " + player1_choice)
>     choice2 = input("What do you choose?  ")
>     player2_choice = str(choice2)
>     print("Player 2 choice is: " + player2_choice)
>     choice3 = input("What do you choose?  ")
>     player3_choice = str(choice3)
>     print("Player 3 choice is: " + player3_choice)
>     if difference >=3:
>         print("Player 1 wins!")
>     elif difference >=2:
>         print("Player 2 wins!")
>     elif difference <=1:
>         print ("Player 3 wins!")
>     elif difference == 0:
>         print("It's a tie! You have %d tries left..." % number_of_games)
>         number_of_games = ''
>     else:
>         print("You lost to the Computer. You have %d games left..." %
> number_of_games)
>         number_of_games = ''
>     break
>
> while number_of_games >0:
>     number_of_games -=1
>     choice1 = input("What do you choose?  ")
>     player1_choice = str(choice1)
>     print("Player 1 choice is: " + player1_choice)
>     choice2 = input("What do you choose?  ")
>     player2_choice = str(choice2)
>     print("Player 2 choice is: " + player2_choice)
>     choice3 = input("What do you choose?  ")
>     player3_choice = str(choice3)
>     print("Player 3 choice is: " + player3_choice)
>     if difference >=3:
>         print("Player 1 wins!")
>     elif difference >=2:
>         print("Player 2 wins!")
>     elif difference <=1:
>         print ("Player 3 wins!")
>     elif difference == 0:
>         print("It's a tie! You have %d tries left..." % number_of_games)
>         number_of_games = ''
>     else:
>         print("You lost to the Computer. You have %d games left..." %
> number_of_games)
>         number_of_games = ''
>     break
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