basic 2 player wordgame

Tue Sep 21 16:35:09 EDT 2010

On Sep 21, 1:39 pm, Mel <mwil... at the-wire.com> wrote:
> Baba wrote:
> > I am working on a simple wordgame exercise: 2 players form a word by
> > alternating turns saying a letter, which is added on to the end of the
> > word fragment.
>> > I am familiar with loops, iterations etc but i need a hint as to how
> > to approach alternating turns when writing this code?
>> One way (not tested):
>> thisplayer = Player()
> otherplayer = Player()
> while not_won:
>     thisplayer.take_turn()
>     thisplayer, otherplayer = otherplayer, thisplayer
>>         Mel.

Hi Mel,
Thank you very much. Your suggestion works like a charm :)
def alternating_turns():
 hand = []
 thisPlayer = 'player1'
 otherPlayer = 'player2'
 while len(hand) < 3:
 print 'turn %s: ' %(thisPlayer)
 letter = raw_input('enter letter: ')
 hand.append(letter)
 thisPlayer, otherPlayer = otherPlayer, thisPlayer
 print hand
alternating_turns()
thanks again! much appreciated. this was a first for me where i have
learned a practical way to apply mutation.
Baba