On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:35 PM, bob gailer <bgai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/31/2010 12:00 AM, Jason MacFiggen wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me how to fix the errors I am getting if possible? I'm quite
> new and so confused...
>
>
> I could give lots of diagnostic advice and detail. There is so much wrong
> with this program.
>
> I suggest you discard it, back up and start with the simplest possible
> statement of the problem which is:
> print a number randomly chosen from (0,1,2)
>
> Then write the simplest possible program to do this one time; no loops or
> functions.
> The entire program could then be written in 2 lines of code. Run it, fix it
> if it does not work. Once you have success -
>
> Add (one at a time) various features:
> - roll dice to select winner
> - player names
> - repetition
>
> Continue to avoid writing functions. They are not necessary for such a
> simple program.
Not to butt in, but... As a newbie didn't you want to feel like a
sophisticated programmer and use functions to hold simple, and use
instances as your 'pride stance'.
>
> The final product will have less than 15 statements.
>
> also how do I display the winner under the displayInfo function?
>
> import random
>
> def main():
> print
>
> playerOne, playerTwo = inputNames(playerOne, PlayerTwo)
>
> while endProgram == 'no':
>
> endProgram == no
> playerOne = 'NO NAME'
> playerTwo = 'NO NAME'
>
> winnerName = rollDice(p1number, p2number, playerOne, playerTwo,
> winnerName)
> winnerName = displayInfo
>
> endProgram = raw_input('Do you want to end program? (Enter yes or
> no): ')
>
> def inputNames(playerOne, PlayerTwo):
>
> p1name = raw_input("Enter your name.")
> p2name = raw_input("Enter your name.")
> return playerOne, playerTwo
>
> def random(winnerName):
>
> p1number = random.randint(1, 6)
> p2number = random.randint(1, 6)
>
> if p1number > p2number:
> playerOne = winnerName
> elif p1number < p2number:
> playerTwo = winnerName
> else p1number == p2number:
> playerOne, playerTwo = winnerName
>
> def displayInfo():
>
> #how do I display winner?
>
> main()
>
>
>
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