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Bassim
Bassim

Reputation: 1

I am making a multiple choice quiz using a txt file but dont know how to randomize the options and give a score

points = 0
with open("ComputerScience.txt","r") as f:
    for line in f:
        y = line.split(",")
        question = y[0]
        question1 = question
        del y[0]
        random.shuffle(y)
        answer1 = y[0]
        answer2 = y[1]
        answer3 = y[2]
        answer4 = y[3]
        print(question1+"\n","(A)",answer1,"\n","(B)",answer2,"\n","(C)",answer3,"\n","(D)",answer4)
        correctans = answer1
        userans = input("Enter A,B,C,D: ")
        while userans == correctans:
            points = (points+1)
        print(points)

This is my textfile

This is what it outputs

How do I randomize the options and have the user to enter A B C or D and add points for every correct answer

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2579

Answers (4)

Bhosale Shrikant
Bhosale Shrikant

Reputation: 473

import random

points = 0 with open("lovestory.txt","r") as f: for line in f: z = line.split(",") question = z[0] correctans = z[-1] question1 = question y = z[1:-1] random.shuffle(y) answer1 = y[0] answer2 = y[1] answer3 = y[2] answer4 = y[3] ans = {} k = 0 for choice in 'A B C D'.split(): ans[choice] = y[k] k += 1

    print(question1+"\n","(A)",answer1,"\n","(B)",answer2,"\n","(C)",answer3,"\n"," 
          (D)",answer4)

    userans = input("Enter A,B,C,D: ")
    print('ans', ans[userans], 'act ans', correctans)

    if ans[userans] in correctans:            
        points += 1
    print('points:', points)

Upvotes: 0

Deepak Patankar
Deepak Patankar

Reputation: 3282

You need to user correctans = answer1 line before shuffling the array.

After you have shuffled the array the value of variable answer1 has changed and it is not longer storing the correct answer(y[1]), that's why the score you are getting is 0.

Also you should use if statement, in place of the while loop because you want the user to input only one option.

Upvotes: 0

Iain Shelvington
Iain Shelvington

Reputation: 32244

LETTERS = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']
score = 0
with open("ComputerScience.txt","r") as f:
    for line in f:
        question, *answers = map(str.strip, s.split(','))
        answers_jumbled = random.sample(answers, len(answers))
        print(question)
        for index, answer in enumerate(answers_jumbled):
            print(f' ({LETTERS[index]}) {answer}')
        answer = None
        while answer not in LETTERS:
            answer = input("Enter A,B,C,D: ")
        if LETTERS.index(answer) == 0:
            print('Correct')
            score += 1
        else:
            print('Wrong')
print('Score:', score)

Upvotes: 0

ComedicChimera
ComedicChimera

Reputation: 476

Couple things:

  1. Set the correct answer variable BEFORE shuffling the answers array. Otherwise, you will get a random answer as the correct one and not the first one which is not what you appear to want.
  2. Put the print at the end of your code, not in the middle of the loop, unless you want the score to be printed off after each question.
  3. Finally, replace while with if. while tells your code to loop as long as the userans variable is equal to the correctans variable which since neither is changed in the body of the loop will be forever. An if statement checks the condition once.
  4. You have a redundant variable declaration in your code. (eg. just set question1 = y[0] instead of using two assignments)

Bonus: Comment your code.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

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