task<\/a>:<\/p>\nImplement the Petals Around The Rose Game! (see link for more details)<\/p>\n
My solution:<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\n# Author: Will Clausen\r\n#\r\n# Date: Jan. 14, 2013\r\n#\r\n# This program will implement the Petals Around the Rose game.\r\n# Doing so will solve the Programming Praxis problem from\r\n# Dec. 18, 2012.\r\n# http:\/\/programmingpraxis.com\/2012\/12\/18\/petals-around-the-rose\/\r\n\r\nimport random\r\n\r\ndef PetalsAroundTheRose():\r\n\t# Start by printing the introduction\r\n\tprint "Let's play 'Petals Around The Rose.' "\r\n\tprint "The name of the game is significant. "\r\n\tprint "At each turn I will roll five dice, "\r\n\tprint "then ask you for the score, which "\r\n\tprint "will always be zero or an even number. "\r\n\tprint "After you guess the score, I will tell "\r\n\tprint "you if you are right, or tell you the "\r\n\tprint "correct score if you are wrong. The game "\r\n\tprint "ends when you prove that you know the "\r\n\tprint "secret by guessing the score correctly "\r\n\tprint "six times in a row."\r\n\r\n\t# Now make a counter to keep track of how many times\r\n\t# the player has submitted a correct answer.\r\n\tcount = 0\r\n\twhile count < 6:\r\n\t\t# Start the game by rolling five dice\r\n\t\trolls = ""\r\n\t\trollsL = []\r\n\t\tfor dice in range(5):\r\n\t\t\tnextRoll = random.randint(1, 6)\r\n\t\t\trolls += " " + str(nextRoll)\r\n\t\t\t# Handy to have these in a list for scoring\r\n\t\t\trollsL += [nextRoll]\r\n\r\n\t\tprint\r\n\t\tprint "The five dice are: " + rolls + "."\r\n\r\n\t\t# Get user input about the score and make sure it's valid\r\n\t\tguess = userInput()\r\n\t\t# Check to make sure the input is valid\r\n\t\tguess = checkInput(guess)\r\n\r\n\t\t# Check the guess against the actual score\r\n\t\tactual = score(rollsL)\r\n\t\tif int(guess) == actual:\r\n\t\t\tcount += 1\r\n\t\t\tprint "Correct"\r\n\t\telse:\r\n\t\t\tcount = 0\r\n\t\t\tprint "The correct score is " + str(actual) + "."\r\n\r\n\t# Print out congratulations and closing remarks\r\n\tprint\r\n\tprint "Congratulations! You are now a member "\r\n\tprint "of the Fraternity of the Petals Around "\r\n\tprint "The Rose. You must pledge never to "\r\n\tprint "reveal the secret to anyone."\r\n\r\n# Helper function for computing the score of the rolls\r\n# in the game. This function reveals the secret!\r\ndef score(rolls):\r\n\tscore = 0\r\n\tfor x in rolls:\r\n\t\tif x%2:\r\n\t\t\tscore += x-1\r\n\r\n\treturn score\r\n\r\n# Helper function that gets and returns valid user input\r\ndef userInput():\r\n\tguess = str(raw_input("What is the score? "))\r\n\tguess = checkInput(guess)\r\n\treturn guess\r\n\r\n# Helper function that checks the input to ensure it is only\r\n# numerical and repeatedly prompts the user for input that is\r\n# only numerical if the input fails the checks.\r\ndef checkInput(guess):\r\n\tcheck = 0\r\n\twhile check < len(str(guess)):\r\n\t\tif not guess[check].isdigit():\r\n\t\t\t# This index will be corrected after this conditional.\r\n\t\t\tcheck = -1\r\n\t\t\tguess = str(raw_input("Please input only a number: "))\r\n\r\n\t\tcheck += 1\r\n\r\n\tif check == 0:\r\n\t\tprint "Please input SOMETHING! "\r\n\t\tguess = userInput()\r\n\r\n\treturn guess\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is my solution to the Programming Praxis problem for Dec. 18, 2012. It is written in Python, which proved to be quite straightforward. The task: Implement the Petals Around The Rose Game! 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