""" NICOMACHUS Math exercise/demonstration Ported by Dave LeCompte """ # PORTING NOTE # # The title, as printed ingame, is "NICOMA", hinting at a time when # filesystems weren't even 8.3, but could only support 6 character # filenames. import time def get_yes_or_no(): while True: response = input().upper() if response == "YES": return True elif response == "NO": return False print(f"EH? I DON'T UNDERSTAND '{response}' TRY 'YES' OR 'NO'.") def play_game(): print("PLEASE THINK OF A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND 100.") print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 3 HAS A REMAINDER OF") a = int(input()) print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 5 HAS A REMAINDER OF") b = int(input()) print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 7 HAS A REMAINDER OF") c = int(input()) print() print("LET ME THINK A MOMENT...") print() time.sleep(2.5) d = (70 * a + 21 * b + 15 * c) % 105 print(f"YOUR NUMBER WAS {d}, RIGHT?") response = get_yes_or_no() if response: print("HOW ABOUT THAT!!") else: print("I FEEL YOUR ARITHMETIC IS IN ERROR.") print() print("LET'S TRY ANOTHER") def main() -> None: print(" " * 33 + "NICOMA") print(" " * 15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY\n\n\n") print("BOOMERANG PUZZLE FROM ARITHMETICA OF NICOMACHUS -- A.D. 90!") print() while True: play_game() if __name__ == "__main__": main()