Trying to make a bomb diffusal text game

Question

I need some help regarding the random wire selector, what would be a good way to store/select the values?

import random

wires = ["yellow", "blue", "green"]
# need some help making this random wire selector
bomb = random wire
neutral = random wire
diffuse = random wire
# bomb, neutral, diffuse can't be equal

Note that diffuse and defuse are different things. As to your question, have you considered reading about Python's `random` module? This isn't a tutorial service. — jonrsharpe, Dec 17 '16 at 09:59

TigOldBitties · Answer 1 · 2016-12-17T10:02:48.537

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For the wires

bomb = random.choice(wires)

Now you need to remove the element and random one of the other elements

wires.remove(bomb)
neutral = random.choice(wires)

And what's left is the third choice

diffuse = wires.remove(neutral)

There are if problems you need to always use ==

if input = diffuse (bad - this is an assignment not an equality)

For timing you need to use the time module https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html sleep is not what you need here. Timestamp after the user answers Y and then timestamp and calculate the difference to know how much time has passed.

edited Dec 17 '16 at 10:02

answered Dec 17 '16 at 09:55

TigOldBitties

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Thanks! That makes sense – user1613158 Dec 17 '16 at 10:02
i need to now attach a string to the random selector so that i can call it up when you try to cut the wire later on right? – user1613158 Dec 17 '16 at 10:05
random.choice(seq) returns a random element, not sure what you mean. – TigOldBitties Dec 17 '16 at 10:06
never mind, i appreciate your help. i realise this isn't a tutorial – user1613158 Dec 17 '16 at 10:11

Trying to make a bomb diffusal text game

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