04-Milestone Project - 1/02-Milestone Project 1 - Walkthrough Steps Workbook.ipynb

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    "# Milestone Project 1: Walkthrough Steps Workbook\n",
    "\n",
    "Below is a set of steps for you to follow to try to create the Tic Tac Toe Milestone Project game!"
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    "#### Some suggested tools before you get started:\n",
    "To take input from a user:\n",
    "\n",
    "    player1 = input(\"Please pick a marker 'X' or 'O'\")\n",
    "    \n",
    "Note that input() takes in a string. If you need an integer value, use\n",
    "\n",
    "    position = int(input('Please enter a number'))\n",
    "    \n",
    "<br>To clear the screen between moves:\n",
    "\n",
    "    from IPython.display import clear_output\n",
    "    clear_output()\n",
    "    \n",
    "Note that clear_output() will only work in jupyter. To clear the screen in other IDEs, consider:\n",
    "\n",
    "    print('\\n'*100)\n",
    "    \n",
    "This scrolls the previous board up out of view. Now on to the program!"
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    "**Step 1: Write a function that can print out a board. Set up your board as a list, where each index 1-9 corresponds with a number on a number pad, so you get a 3 by 3 board representation.**"
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    "from IPython.display import clear_output\n",
    "\n",
    "def display_board(board):\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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   "source": [
    "**TEST Step 1:** run your function on a test version of the board list, and make adjustments as necessary"
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    "test_board = ['#','X','O','X','O','X','O','X','O','X']\n",
    "display_board(test_board)"
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    "**Step 2: Write a function that can take in a player input and assign their marker as 'X' or 'O'. Think about using *while* loops to continually ask until you get a correct answer.**"
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   "source": [
    "def player_input():\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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    "**TEST Step 2:** run the function to make sure it returns the desired output"
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    "player_input()"
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   "source": [
    "**Step 3: Write a function that takes in the board list object, a marker ('X' or 'O'), and a desired position (number 1-9) and assigns it to the board.**"
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   "source": [
    "def place_marker(board, marker, position):\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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   "source": [
    "**TEST Step 3:** run the place marker function using test parameters and display the modified board"
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    "place_marker(test_board,'$',8)\n",
    "display_board(test_board)"
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    "**Step 4: Write a function that takes in a board and a mark (X or O) and then checks to see if that mark has won. **"
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   "source": [
    "def win_check(board, mark):\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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   "source": [
    "**TEST Step 4:** run the win_check function against our test_board - it should return True"
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    "win_check(test_board,'X')"
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    "**Step 5: Write a function that uses the random module to randomly decide which player goes first. You may want to lookup random.randint() Return a string of which player went first.**"
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    "import random\n",
    "\n",
    "def choose_first():\n",
    "    pass"
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    "**Step 6: Write a function that returns a boolean indicating whether a space on the board is freely available.**"
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   "source": [
    "def space_check(board, position):\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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    "**Step 7: Write a function that checks if the board is full and returns a boolean value. True if full, False otherwise.**"
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   "source": [
    "def full_board_check(board):\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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   "source": [
    "**Step 8: Write a function that asks for a player's next position (as a number 1-9) and then uses the function from step 6 to check if it's a free position. If it is, then return the position for later use.**"
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   "source": [
    "def player_choice(board):\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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   "source": [
    "**Step 9: Write a function that asks the player if they want to play again and returns a boolean True if they do want to play again.**"
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   "source": [
    "def replay():\n",
    "    \n",
    "    pass"
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    "**Step 10: Here comes the hard part! Use while loops and the functions you've made to run the game!**"
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    "print('Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!')\n",
    "\n",
    "#while True:\n",
    "    # Set the game up here\n",
    "    #pass\n",
    "\n",
    "    #while game_on:\n",
    "        #Player 1 Turn\n",
    "        \n",
    "        \n",
    "        # Player2's turn.\n",
    "            \n",
    "            #pass\n",
    "\n",
    "    #if not replay():\n",
    "        #break"
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    "## Good Job!"
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