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Codecademy Battleship game
import random
board = []
for x in range(0,5):
board.append(["O"] * 5)
def print_board(board):
for row in board:
print " ".join(row)
print "Let's play Battleship!"
print_board(board)
def random_row(board):
return random.randint(0,len(board)-1)
def random_col(board):
return random.randint(0,len(board[0])-1)
ship_row = random_row(board)
ship_col = random_col(board)
# print ship_row
# print ship_col
#Everything from here on should go in your for loop!
#Be sure to indent!
max_guesses = 25
for turn in range(max_guesses):
guess_row = input("Guess Row:")
guess_col = input("Guess Col:")
if guess_row == ship_row and guess_col == ship_col:
print "Congratulations! You sunk my battleship!"
break
else:
if (guess_row < 0 or guess_row > 4) or (guess_col < 0 or guess_col > 4):
print "Oops, that's not even in the ocean."
elif(board[guess_row][guess_col] == "X"):
print "You guessed that one already."
else:
print "You missed my battleship!"
board[guess_row][guess_col] = "X"
if turn == (max_guesses-1):
print "Game over"
# Print (turn + 1) here!
print "This is your", (turn+1), "-eth guess"
print_board(board)
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