Initial Python file for Life for 2 on new branch.

56_Life_for_Two/python/lifefortwo.py

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-// LIFE FOR TWO
-//
-// Converted from BASIC to Python by Sajid Al Sanai.
-//
+"""
+Life for Two
 
+From: BASIC Computer Games (1978),
+      Edited by David H. Ahl.
+
+BASIC program written by Brian Wyvill of Bradford University in Yorkshire, England.
+
+Python port created by Sajid Al Sanai, 2022.
+"""
+
+def tab(spaces):
+    out = ""
+    for i in range(spaces):
+        out += " "
+    return out
+
+na = []
+ka = [, 3, 102, 103, 120, 130, 121, 112, 111, 12, 21, 30, 1020, 1030, 1011, 1021, 1003, 1002, 1012]
+aa = [, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1]
+xa = []
+ya = []
+j, k, m2, m3 = 0, 0, 0, 0
+
+def main():
+    print(tab(33) + "LIFE2\n")
+    print(tab(15) + "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY\n")
+    print("\n\n\n")
+    print(tab(10) + "U.B. LIFE GAME\n")
+    m2 = 0
+    m3 = 0
+    for j in range(7):
+        na[j] = []
+        for k in range(7):
+            na[j].append(0)
+    for b in range(1, 3):
+        p1 = 30 if (b == 2) else 3
+        print("\n")
+        print("PLAYER {} - 3 LIVE PIECES.\n".format(b))
+        for k1 in range(1, 4):
+            while 1:
+                print("X,Y\n")
+                str_ = input()
+                ya[b] = int(str_)
+                xa[b] = #int(str_.substr() + 1)
+                if xa[b] > 0 and xa[b] < 6 and ya[b] > 0 and ya[b] < 5 and na[xa[b]][ya[b]] == 0:
+                    break
+                print("ILLEGAL COORDS. RETYPE\n")
+            if b != 1:
+                if xa[1] == xa[2] and ya[1] == ya[2]:
+                    print("SAME COORD.  SET TO 0\n")
+                    na[xa[b] + 1][ya[b] + 1] = 0
+                    b = 99
+            na[xa[b]][ya[b]] = p1