rpsls

# Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock template


# 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 number_to_name(number):
    # fill in your code below

    # 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:
        return "noname"


def name_to_number(name):
    # fill in your code below

    # 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:
        return "noname"


def rpsls(name):
    # fill in your code below
    import random
    # convert name to player_number using name_to_number
    player_number = name_to_number(name)
    # compute random guess for comp_number using random.randrange()
    comp_number = random.randrange(0,5)
    # compute difference of player_number and comp_number modulo five
    diff_value=(player_number-comp_number)%5
    # use if/elif/else to determine winner
    if diff_value==0:
        winner_message="Player and computer tie!"
    elif diff_value>2:
        winner_message="Computer wins!"
    else:
        winner_message="Player wins!"
    # convert comp_number to name using number_to_name
    # print results
    print "Player chooses", name
    print "Computer chooses ", number_to_name(comp_number)
    print winner_message
    print

# test your code
rpsls("rock")
rpsls("Spock")
rpsls("paper")
rpsls("lizard")
rpsls("scissors")

# always remember to check your completed program against the grading rubric