CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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csnoob
csnoob

Reputation: 73

Python Heads Or Tails Program assistance

I am trying to make a Heads Or Tails program in Python. I am a newbie and I have just got into Python. What I try to achieve is to have the program pick either Heads or Tails without me knowing it (Yes, import random, etc.) and I would like to have a single try when guessing. This is what I have achieved so far, yet it is not very close to what i am looking for. Any thoughts? I have tried implementing the different random arguments I found on a Python website but they don't work (such as randint for integers)... Thanks!

print """
Welcome to our game. This is a heads or tails game and you will be the one who gets to pick a possible answer. Lets begin!
"""

print "~-~-~-~-" * 10

theirGuess = raw_input("Whats your guess? :   ")
ourAnswer = "Heads"   # For Debugging purposes to check if the program works
notCorrectAnswer = "Tails"  # To eliminate the possibility of not being either tails or heads in case of mistaken answer 


if theirGuess == ourAnswer:
      print "You got it!"
elif theirGuess != notCorrectAnswer and ourAnswer:
    print "You didnt get it! Try entering either Tails or Heads!"
else:
    print "You didnt get it! Try again next time!"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 520

Answers (2)

Antimony
Antimony

Reputation: 2240

To make the whole thing continue until exited by user, and including @Baruchel's answer:

import random
print """
Welcome to our game. This is a heads or tails game and you will be the one who gets to pick a possible answer. Lets begin!
"""
cont = 1 #To force the game to run for one round without user input
while(cont == 1): #cont is used to take user choice, whether to run it again or not
    print "~-~-~-~-" * 10


    theirGuess = raw_input("Whats your guess? :   ")
    ourAnswer = random.choice(["Heads","Tails"])
    if ourAnswer == "Heads":
        notCorrectAnswer = "Tails"
    else:
        notCorrectAnswer = "Heads"


    if theirGuess == ourAnswer:
        print "You got it!"
    elif theirGuess != notCorrectAnswer and ourAnswer:
        print "You didnt get it! Try entering either Tails or Heads!"
    else:
        print "You didnt get it! Try again next time!"

    cont = input("Do you want to continue? Press 1 if yes, press 0 if no.: ") #Take user choice on whether to run it again or not
    while (cont != 0 and cont != 1): # If user puts in a different number (neither 1 or 0), make them enter until they put a right choice
        cont = input("Please try again. Press 1 if yes, press 0 if no.: ")

Upvotes: 0

Thomas Baruchel
Thomas Baruchel

Reputation: 7517

You should try:

import random
ch = random.choice(["Heads","Tails"])

which will put into the variable ch either "Heads" or "Tails". Try to do something from that.

Upvotes: 4

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