CodeAcademy Lesson: Number Guess

NumberGuess.py

"""This program randomly rolls a pair of dice and adds the values of the roll.
It then asks the user to guess a number, compares the user's guess to the total value and finally decides whether the winner is the user or the program and informs the user who the winner is"""

from random import randint
from time import sleep

def get_user_guess():
  user_guess = int(raw_input("Enter your guess:"))
  return user_guess

def roll_dice(number_of_sides):
  first_roll = randint(1, number_of_sides)
  second_roll = randint(2, number_of_sides)
  max_val = number_of_sides * 2
  print "The maximum possible value is %s" %(max_val)
  sleep(1)
  user_guess = get_user_guess()
  if user_guess > max_val:
    print("No guessing higher than the maximum possible value!")
    return
  else:
    print("Rolling...")
    sleep(2)
    print("first_roll: %d") %(first_roll) # %d is used to format integers whereas %s formats string variables
    sleep(1)
    print("second roll: %d") %(second_roll)
    total_roll = first_roll + second_roll
    print("total_roll: %d") %(total_roll)
    print("Result...")
    sleep(1)
    if user_guess > total_roll:
      print "You Won!"
      return
    else:
      print ("You Lost :(")
      
roll_dice(6)