One minute
For an online coursera.org course on interactive python from Rice University. 1st project exercise.
import math
import random
def name_to_number(name):
name = name.lower()
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:
return "Invalid hand sign '" + name + "'!\nplease choose: 'rock', 'Spock', 'paper', 'lizard' or 'scissors'"
def number_to_name(number):
if number == 0:
return "rock"
elif number == 1:
return "Spock"
elif number == 2:
return "paper"
elif number == 3:
return "lizard"
else:
number == 4
return "scissors"
def rpsls(name):
player_val = name_to_number(name)
computer_val = random.randrange(0,5)
mod_val = (player_val - computer_val) % 5
if mod_val == 0:
winner = "Player and computer tie!"
elif mod_val > 0 and mod_val < 3:
winner = "Player wins!"
else:
winner = "Computer wins!"
print "Player choosses " + number_to_name(player_val) #+ " (" + str(player_val) + ")"
print "Computer chooses " + number_to_name(computer_val) #+ " (" + str(computer_val) + ")"
print winner
#print mod_val
print "\n"
### OUTPUT ###
rpsls("Rock")
rpsls("scissors")
rpsls("paper")
rpsls("lizard")
rpsls("spock")