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* Add test to superstartrek and fixes several issues in superstartrek - I probably introduced them 🙈
* Mastermind type annotations
79 lines
1.6 KiB
Python
79 lines
1.6 KiB
Python
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NICOMACHUS
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Math exercise/demonstration
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Ported by Dave LeCompte
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"""
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# PORTING NOTE
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#
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# The title, as printed ingame, is "NICOMA", hinting at a time when
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# filesystems weren't even 8.3, but could only support 6 character
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# filenames.
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import time
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def print_with_tab(spaces_count: int, msg: str) -> None:
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if spaces_count > 0:
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spaces = " " * spaces_count
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else:
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spaces = ""
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print(spaces + msg)
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def get_yes_or_no():
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while True:
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response = input().upper()
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if response == "YES":
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return True
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elif response == "NO":
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return False
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print(f"EH? I DON'T UNDERSTAND '{response}' TRY 'YES' OR 'NO'.")
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def play_game():
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print("PLEASE THINK OF A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND 100.")
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print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 3 HAS A REMAINDER OF")
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a = int(input())
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print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 5 HAS A REMAINDER OF")
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b = int(input())
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print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 7 HAS A REMAINDER OF")
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c = int(input())
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print()
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print("LET ME THINK A MOMENT...")
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print()
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time.sleep(2.5)
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d = (70 * a + 21 * b + 15 * c) % 105
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print(f"YOUR NUMBER WAS {d}, RIGHT?")
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response = get_yes_or_no()
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if response:
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print("HOW ABOUT THAT!!")
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else:
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print("I FEEL YOUR ARITHMETIC IS IN ERROR.")
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print()
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print("LET'S TRY ANOTHER")
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def main() -> None:
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print_with_tab(33, "NICOMA")
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print_with_tab(15, "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY")
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print()
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print()
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print()
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print("BOOMERANG PUZZLE FROM ARITHMETICA OF NICOMACHUS -- A.D. 90!")
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print()
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while True:
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play_game()
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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main()
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