On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:51 PM, bob gailer <bgai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
You mean my_dmg I think.
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)
>
> --
> Bob Gailer
> 919-636-4239
> Chapel Hill NC
>
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