On 7/30/2010 10:49 PM, Jason MacFiggen wrote:
what can I do instead of writing print so many times?
import random
my_hp = 50
mo_hp = 50
my_dmg = random.randrange(1, 20)
mo_dmg = random.randrange(1, 20)
while True:
if mo_hp < 0:
print "The Lich King has been slain!"
elif my_hp < 0:
print "You have been slain by the Lich King!"
if mo_hp <= 0:
break
elif my_hp <= 0:
break
else:
print "Menu Selections: "
print "1 - Attack"
print "2 - Defend"
print
choice = input ("Enter your selection. ")
choice = float(choice)
print
if choice == 1:
mo_hp = mo_hp - my_dmg
print "The Lich King is at ", mo_hp, "Hit Points"
print "You did ", my_dmg, "damage!"
print
my_hp = my_hp - mo_dmg
print "I was attacked by the lk for ", mo_dmg," damage!"
print "My Hit Points are ", my_hp
print
elif choice == 2:
mo_hp = mo_hp - my_dmg / 2
print "The Lich King is at", mo_hp, "Hit Points"
print "you did ", my_dmg / 2, "damage!"
print
my_hp = my_hp - mo_dmg
print "I was attacked by the lk for ", mo_dmg," damage!"
print "My Hit Points are ", my_hp
print
Most of the statements in each choice block are identical. Factor them
out, giving:
if choice == 1:
mo_hp = mo_hp - my_dmg
print "you did ", my_dmg /, "damage!"
elif choice == 2:
mo_hp = mo_hp - my_dmg / 2
print "you did ", my_dmg / 2, "damage!"
print "The Lich King is at", mo_hp, "Hit Points"
my_hp = my_hp - mo_dmg
print "You did ", my_dmg, "damage!"
print
print "I was attacked by the lk for ", mo_dmg," damage!"
print "My Hit Points are ", my_hp
print
You could (better) move these statements into a function, passing 1 or 2
as the divisor for my_dmg and returning the updated values for my_ho and
my_hp.
def update(factor):
print "The Lich King is at", mo_hp, "Hit Points"
print "you did ", my_dmg / factor, "damage!"
print
print "I was attacked by the lk for ", mo_dmg," damage!"
print "My Hit Points are ", my_hp
print
return mo_hp - my_dmg / factor, my_hp - mo_dmg
...
if choice == 1:
mo_hp, my_hp = update(1)
elif choice == 2:
mo_hp, my_hp = update(2)
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Bob Gailer
919-636-4239
Chapel Hill NC
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