Chutes and Ladders in Julia

chutesAndLadders.jl

wait_for_key(prompt) = (print(stdout, prompt); read(stdin, 1); nothing)

user_input(prompt) = (print(prompt); p = readline(); p)

function spin()
    wait_for_key("Press enter to spin\n")
    spun = rand(1:6)
    println("You spun a ",spun)
    return spun
end

function chute_or_ladder!(position::Int64)
    if in(position,[1 4 9 21 28 36 51 71 80])
        println("You climbed up a ladder!\n")
        wait_for_key("Press enter to continue\n")
        if position == 1 ; position = 38 ; end
        if position == 4 ; position = 14 ; end
        if position == 9 ; position = 31 ; end
        if position == 21; position = 42 ; end
        if position == 28; position = 84 ; end
        if position == 36; position = 44 ; end
        if position == 51; position = 67 ; end
        if position == 71; position = 91 ; end
        if position == 80; position = 100; end
    end
    
    if in(position,[16 48 49 56 62 64 87 93 95 98])
        println("You slid down a chute!\n")
        wait_for_key("Press enter to continue\n")
        if position == 16; position = 6 ; end
        if position == 48; position = 26; end
        if position == 49; position = 11; end
        if position == 56; position = 53; end
        if position == 62; position = 19; end
        if position == 64; position = 60; end
        if position == 87; position = 24; end
        if position == 93; position = 73; end
        if position == 95; position = 75; end
        if position == 98; position = 78; end
    end
    return position
end

function update_pos(pos::Int64)
    spun = spin()
    pos += spun
    pos = chute_or_ladder!(pos)
    return pos
end

function game_setup()
    np = user_input("How many players will there be?\n")
    np = parse(Int, np)
    names = String[]
    for p = 1:np
        tn = user_input("What is Player "*string(p)*"'s name?\n")
        names = vcat(names,tn)
    end
    return names,np
end

function game()
    names,nplayers = game_setup()
    pos = zeros(Int64,nplayers)
    while maximum(pos) < 100
        for p = 1:nplayers
            println("")
            println("")
            println("")
            println("**************************")
            println(names[p],"'s turn")
            println("You are currently on number ",pos[p])
            pos[p] = update_pos(pos[p])
            println("You are now on number ",pos[p])
        end
    end
    @show pos
    println(names[argmax(pos)]," wins!")
end

game()