For a long, long time, I have been an enthusiast of Python programming language. I am embarrassed to say that I have been trying to learn it fully for the past 10 or so years. In this much time with proper focus and dedication, I would have been a guru. But here I am, still a novice. But that's beside the point.
Now that summer vacation is here, I have decided to teach my kids Python programming as much as I know. I want to show them the path and take them with me as far as I can go and then I hope they will go further from there. While Some time ago (maybe a couple of years ago) I had given myself a challenge to create a program that I had no source or coaching. So I had decided to create a game in Python. I chose the simple game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Over time, I changed computers and somehow I lost the source code of the program.
When my daughter started learning, she reminded me of the program and wanted to play the game. So I got started to write the program again. I'm happy to report that I have successfully re-written program. I'm sure there is a lot of scope of improvement in the coding style, code, and overall structure. But I am just starting and hope to improve. I'm posting the source code of my program and I will welcome all constructive criticism of the code and suggestions for improvement.
# An all-time favorite game of Rock Paper Scissors.
# An all-time favorite game of Rock Paper Scissors.
# Programmer: Mukul Dharwadkar
# Date: June 27 2017
import random
def instructions():
"""Displays the game instructions"""
print \ """ Today we will play the perennial favorite game of... Rock! Paper!! Scissors!!!.
The objective of the game is to outthink your opponent (in this case me) and defeat.
The rules are very simple
1.Paper covers the Rock
2.Rock breaks the Scissors
3.Scissors cut the Paper
Choose your move from the following:
1. Paper (p)
2. Rock (r)
3. Scissors (s)
Are you ready? Alright then, let's play... """
def get_name():
"""Get player's name"""
print \
"""First of all, let's get to know each other a little better.
My name is Compy...
What's yours?
"""
player_name = raw_input("What is your name: ")
return player_name
def greet_player(name):
"""Let's be polite and greet each other properly"""
print "How are are you doing %s?" % name
def legal_moves():
"""Define the legal moves"""
legal_moves = ("r", "p", "s")
return legal_moves
def player_move():
"""Players choose their move"""
move = None
while move not in moves:
move = raw_input("What is your move %s? --> " % name)
return move
def computer_move():
"""The computer will choose its move in this function"""
move = random.choice(moves)
print "Computer's move is %s" % move
return move
def compare_moves(p_move, c_move):
"""We will now compare the moves the human and computer make and then take the output to declare the winner"""
#This is a very crude way of writing this comparison code. Is there a better way to do this?
#TODO: Find out optimized way of writing this block of code.
if p_move == "r" and c_move == "p":
return "computer"
elif p_move == "r" and c_move == "s":
return "human"
elif p_move == "p" and c_move == "s":
return "computer"
elif p_move == "p" and c_move == "r":
return "human"
elif p_move == "s" and c_move == "r":
return "computer"
elif p_move == "s" and c_move == "p":
return "human"
def declare_winner(winner):
if winner == "human":
print "%s wins. Congratulations and well played!!!" % name
elif winner == "computer":
print "Computer wins. Better luck next time %s." % name
else: print "It's a tie"
#main body of the program
instructions()
name = get_name()
moves = legal_moves()
greet_player(name)
p_move = player_move()
c_move = computer_move()
winner = compare_moves(p_move, c_move)
declare_winner(winner)
Note: The indentation of the code is lost.
To do: Create a GUI interface for the program if I can.
