# The key idea of this program is to equate the strings
# "rock", "paper", "scissors", "lizard", "Spock" to numbers
# as follows:
#
# 0 - rock
# 1 - Spock
# 2 - paper
# 3 - lizard
# 4 - scissors
# helper functions
def name_to_number(name):
# convert name to number using if/elif/else
# don't forget to return the result!
if name == 'rock':
return 0
elif name == 'Spock':
return 1
elif name == 'paper':
return 2
elif name == 'lizard':
return 3
elif name == 'scissors':
return 4
else:
print('Name not recognized')
def number_to_name(number):
# convert number to a name using if/elif/else
# don't forget to return the result!
if number == 0:
return 'rock'
elif number == 1:
return 'Spock'
elif number == 2:
return 'paper'
elif number == 3:
return 'lizard'
elif number == 4:
return 'scissors'
else:
print('Number not recognized')
def paper(player_choice):
# print a blank line to separate consecutive games
print()
# print out the message for the player's choice
print('Player chooses', player_choice)
# convert the player's choice to player_number using the function
# name_to_number()
player_number = name_to_number(player_choice)
# compute random guess for comp_number using random.randrange()
import random
comp_number = random.randrange(0, 5)
# convert comp_number to comp_choice using the function number_to_name()
comp_choice = number_to_name(comp_number)
# print out the message for computer's choice
print('Computer chooses', comp_choice)
# compute difference of comp_number and player_number modulo five
diff_comp_player = (comp_number - player_number) % 5
# use if/elif/else to determine winner, print winner message
if diff_comp_player == 0:
print('Player and computer tie!')
elif diff_comp_player <= 2:
print('Computer wins!')
else:
print('Player wins!')
# test your code - THESE CALLS MUST BE PRESENT IN YOUR SUBMITTED CODE
paper("rock")
paper("Spock")
paper("paper")
paper("lizard")
paper("scissors")
# always remember to check your completed program against the grading rubric
