Python for Data Analysts: Methods & Tools

Part 2: Adding in a fail function and ways to fail

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“def room_1():\n”,
” print(\”You’re in room_1!\\n\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” \n”,
” print(\”Press 1 to go to room_2.\”)\n”,
” print(\”Press 2 to fail.\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” choice = input(\”> \”)\n”,
” \n”,
” if choice == ‘1’:\n”,
” room_2() # This moves us into room_2\n”,
“\n”,
” elif choice == ‘2’:\n”,
” fail() # This moves us into fail\n”,
” \n”,
” else:\n”,
” print(\”Invalid entry. Please try again.\\n\”)\n”,
” room_1() # Brings us back to the beginning of room_1 to try again\n”,
” \n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“def room_2():\n”,
” print(\”You’re in room_2!\\n\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” \n”,
” print(\”Press 1 to go to room_3.\”)\n”,
” print(\”Press 2 to fail.\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” choice = input(\”> \”)\n”,
” \n”,
” if choice == ‘1’:\n”,
” room_3() # This moves us into room_2\n”,
“\n”,
” elif choice == ‘2’:\n”,
” fail() # This moves us into fail\n”,
” \n”,
” else:\n”,
” print(\”Invalid entry. Please try again.\\n\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” \n”,
” room_2() # Brings us back to the beginning of room_1 to try again\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“def room_3():\n”,
” print(\”You’re in room_3! You win!\\n\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“def fail():\n”,
” print(\”You’ve failed, but thanks for playing!\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“room_1() # EVERYTHING goes before this clause\n”
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“

Part 3: Adding more functionality to the game

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“Let’s update our game as follows:\n”,
“\n”,
“* room_1\n”,
” * nested conditional\n”,
“* room_2\n”,
“* room_3\n”,
” * while loop\n”,
“* fail\n”,
“\n”,
“Our game map can be visualized as follows:\n”,
“

\n”,
“\n”,
“~~~\n”,
” room_1 <--> room_2 <--> room_3 (win)\n”,
” *nc | | *w\n”,
” `———-`——> fail\n”,
“~~~\n”,
“\n”,
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“## Tip ##\n”,
“# make sure to make ample comments throughout your code\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“def room_1():\n”,
” print(\”You’re in room_1!\\n\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” \n”,
” print(\”Press 1 to go to room_2.\”)\n”,
” print(\”Press 2 to fail.\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” choice = input(\”> \”)\n”,
” \n”,
” if choice == ‘1’:\n”,
” print(\”Then you must answer this question.\\n\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” print( \n”,
“\”\”\”\n”,
“What’s bigger, an elephant or the moon?\n”,
“1) an elephant\n”,
“2) the moon\n”,
” \n”,
“\”\”\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” choice = input(\”> \”)\n”,
” \n”,
” # Start of nested conditional\n”,
” if choice == ‘1’:\n”,
” print(\”That’s incorrect.\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” fail()\n”,
” \n”,
” \n”,
” \n”,
” elif choice ==’2′:\n”,
” print(\”That’s correct! Please enjoy room_2!\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” \n”,
” room_2()\n”,
” \n”,
” # End of nested conditional\n”,
” \n”,
” \n”,
” elif choice == ‘2’:\n”,
” fail()\n”,
” \n”,
” else:\n”,
” print(\”Invalid entry. Please try again.\\n\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” room_1()\n”,
” \n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“def room_2():\n”,
” print(\”You’re in room_2!\\n\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” \n”,
” print(\”Press 1 to go to room_3.\”)\n”,
” print(\”Press 2 to fail.\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” choice = input(\”> \”)\n”,
” \n”,
” if choice == ‘1’:\n”,
” room_3()\n”,
“\n”,
” elif choice == ‘2’:\n”,
” fail()\n”,
” \n”,
” else:\n”,
” print(\”Invalid entry. Please try again.\\n\”)\n”,
” room_2()\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“def room_3():\n”,
” print(\”You’re in room_3!\\n\”)\n”,
” print(\”All you have to do to win is press any key three times.\\n\”)\n”,
” \n”,
” presses = 3\n”,
” \n”,
” while presses > 0:\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
” presses -= 1\n”,
” \n”,
” print(\”You win!\”)\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“def fail():\n”,
” print(\”You’ve failed, but thanks for playing!\”)\n”,
” input(‘\\n’)\n”,
“\n”,
“\n”,
“room_1()”
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