Rock, Paper, Scissors - how many if else block did you use?

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I combined Yuki wins conditions in an if block. And added Ando wins condition in the else if block.

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I do this:

  • set the winner to be Ando
  • if it’s a tie then set the winner to be tie
  • else if <yuki win combo 1> then set the winner to be Yuki
  • else if <yuki win combo 2> then set the winner to be Yuki
  • else if <yuki win combo 3> then set the winner to be Yuki

I didn’t want a very long condition, so I split it into 3 else blocks.

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3

That makes a lot of sense. Idk why but I chose tie as the default value of winner. Then wrote two really big if else if statements.

4

I think that’s a natural thing to choose because you’re thinking about the various winning combinations.

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@Phil please don’t share your code unless asked. You should learn about pseudocode and use it to describe your solution. You can find a guide here or find more resources.

7

OK, sorry :smile:

And thanks for the link!

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It’s ok to share code in this section, just please use spoilers and codeblocks. See the category page for details: About the Discussion Your Solutions category

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Here’s a pseudocode version:

// This program will determine the winner
// of a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

INPUT get Ando's choice
STORE Ando's choice in the andoChoice variable

INPUT get Yuki's choice
STORE Yuki's choice in the yukiChoice variable

IF andoChoice = yukiChoice THEN
        OUTPUT 'tie'

ELSE IF andoChoice = 'rock' AND yukiChoice = 'scissors' OR
        andoChoice = 'paper' AND yukiChoice = 'rock' OR
        andoChoice = 'scissors' AND yukiChoice = 'paper'
        OUTPUT 'Ando'

ELSE
        OUTPUT 'Yuki'

I used this guide from BBC Bitesize to help with the pseudocode.