A Mastermind style guessing game. FERMI - right number, right place. PICO - right number, wrong place.

mastermind.py

# Mastermind Game (with numbers)

# import Random for creating code
import random

# Create a three digit random number
def secretCode():
    secretCode = ''
    for i in range(0, 3):
        secretCode += str(random.randint(1, 9))
    return secretCode
    
# Let the user guess a number
def userGuess():
    while True:
        userCode = raw_input('Please guess a three digit number:')
        if len(userCode) != 3:  # It must be three digits long
            print 'Wrong length of number.'
        elif '0' in userCode:
            print 'Cannot use zero'
        else:
            return userCode
    
def main():
    theCode = secretCode()
    count = 0
    
    # Continue code until guessed or out of lives
    while True:
        userCode = userGuess()
        result = []
        if userCode == theCode:     # If correct guess, end game
            print 'MASTERMIND. In ' + str(count+1) + ' turns.'
            break
        else:
            count += 1
            if count == 10:     # If the user has had 10 guesses, end game
                print 'GAME OVER. It was ' + theCode
                break
            # For each element of the code...
            for i in range(len(theCode)):
                # if a number is in the right place, print 'FERMI'
                if userCode[i] == theCode[i]:
                    result += ['FERMI']
                # if a number is correct but in the wrong place, print 'PICO'
                elif userCode[i] in theCode:
                    result += ['PICO'] 
            print sorted(result)
            
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()