From 1d4b0d24e3af29d3003d152deea2a5ea23cf5a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sankarsan Kampa <19631364+iamtraction@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 08:32:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] hurkle: add python port

Signed-off-by: Sankarsan Kampa <19631364+iamtraction@users.noreply.github.com>
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 51 Hurkle/python/hurkle.py | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 51 Hurkle/python/hurkle.py

diff --git a/51 Hurkle/python/hurkle.py b/51 Hurkle/python/hurkle.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Ported to Python by @iamtraction
+
+from random import random
+
+
+def direction(A, B, X, Y):
+    """Prints the direction hint for finding the hurkle."""
+
+    print("GO ", end="")
+    if Y < B:
+        print("NORTH", end="")
+    elif Y > B:
+        print("SOUTH", end="")
+
+    if X < A:
+        print("EAST", end="")
+    elif X > A:
+        print("WEST", end="")
+
+    print()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(" " * 33 + "HURKLE")
+    print(" " * 15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY")
+
+    print("\n\n\n")
+
+    N = 5
+    G = 10
+
+    print()
+    print("A HURKLE IS HIDING ON A", G, "BY", G, "GRID. HOMEBASE")
+    print("ON THE GRID IS POINT 0,0 IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER,")
+    print("AND ANY POINT ON THE GRID IS DESIGNATED BY A")
+    print("PAIR OF WHOLE NUMBERS SEPERATED BY A COMMA. THE FIRST")
+    print("NUMBER IS THE HORIZONTAL POSITION AND THE SECOND NUMBER")
+    print("IS THE VERTICAL POSITION. YOU MUST TRY TO")
+    print("GUESS THE HURKLE'S GRIDPOINT. YOU GET", N, "TRIES.")
+    print("AFTER EACH TRY, I WILL TELL YOU THE APPROXIMATE")
+    print("DIRECTION TO GO TO LOOK FOR THE HURKLE.")
+    print()
+
+    while True:
+        A = int(G * random())
+        B = int(G * random())
+
+        for k in range(0, N):
+            print("\nGUESS #" + str(k))
+
+            # read coordinates in `X, Y` format, split the string
+            # at `,`, and then parse the coordinates to `int` and
+            # store them in `X` and `Y` respectively.
+            [ X, Y ] = [int(c) for c in input("X,Y? ").split(",")]
+
+            if abs(X - A) + abs(Y - B) == 0:
+                print("\nYOU FOUND HIM IN", k + 1, "GUESSES!")
+                break
+            else:
+                direction(A, B, X, Y)
+                continue
+
+        print("\n\nLET'S PLAY AGAIN, HURKLE IS HIDING.\n")