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Ryan Erickson
Ryan Erickson

Reputation: 43

Simple program rock paper scissors while loop

This is a basic game just like rock paper scissor but with different names, I also apologize for the commentless code. I'm almost getting to the end of my code, but I'm having a tough time with the while loop. I have all on my statements done, but how do I implement a while loop? I want the game to run again after I finish it so it will ask me for another input. If I run this, it is waiting to give me an answer, but never does, since it is an infinite loop. 

import random
def pythonRubyJava():
    gameList = ["python","ruby","java"]
    userInput = raw_input("python, ruby, or java?:")
    randomInput = random.choice(gameList)
    print randomInput
    while True:
        if userInput not in gameList:
            print "The game is over"
        elif userInput == randomInput:
            print "stalemate"
        elif userInput == "python" and randomInput == "ruby":
            print "You win!"
        elif userInput == "ruby" and randomInput == "java":
            print "You win!"
        elif userInput == "java" and randomInput == "python":
            print "You win!"        
        elif userInput == "python" and randomInput == "java":
            print "You Lose!"    
        elif userInput == "ruby" and randomInput == "python":
            print "You Lose!"        
        elif userInput == "java" and randomInput == "ruby":
            print "You Lose!"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2765

Answers (3)

TerryA
TerryA

Reputation: 59974

Instead of using a while loop in the function, just call the function again! Remove the while loop from your function.

Outside the function, you can do something like:

pythonRubyJava() # Call the function first
while 1:
    ans = raw_input('Do you want to play again? Y/N ')
    if ans == 'Y':
        pythonRubyJava()
    else:
        print "bye!"
        break # Break out of the while loop.

Upvotes: 2

Leonardo Lobato
Leonardo Lobato

Reputation: 1097

import random
def pythonRubyJava():
    gameList = ["python","ruby","java"]
    userInput = raw_input("python, ruby, or java?:")
    randomInput = random.choice(gameList)

    print randomInput
    while True:
        if userInput not in gameList:
            print "The game is over"
            [change the while boolean statement in here]
        elif userInput == randomInput:
            print "stalemate"
        elif userInput == "python" and randomInput == "ruby":
            print "You win!"
        elif userInput == "ruby" and randomInput == "java":
            print "You win!"
        elif userInput == "java" and randomInput == "python":
            print "You win!"        
        elif userInput == "python" and randomInput == "java":
            print "You Lose!"    
        elif userInput == "ruby" and randomInput == "python":
            print "You Lose!"        
        elif userInput == "java" and randomInput == "ruby":
            print "You Lose!"  

 pythonRubyJava():

This way it would run again, and show the result.

Upvotes: -1

Mihai Maruseac
Mihai Maruseac

Reputation: 21435

You should move 

userInput = raw_input("python, ruby, or java?:")
randomInput = random.choice(gameList)

inside the while loop so that the inputs are regenerated each time the loop is run.

Upvotes: 3

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