def hot_potato_spicy(name_list, num):
"""
Simulates the Hot potato game "spiced up" with lives and randomness
:param name_list: a list containing the name of the participants and their number of lives
:param num: the counting constant (e.g., the length of each round of the game)
:return: the winner
"""
def oneRound():
for k in range(num):
dequed = Q.dequeue()
Q.enqueue(dequed)
if random()>0.5:
return oneRound()
else:
roundLoser = Q.first()
if lives[roundLoser] > 1:
lives[roundLoser] -= 1
else:
gameLoser = Q.dequeue()
print(f'{gameLoser} has been eliminated from the game!')
Q = ArrayQueue()
lives = {player[0]: player[1] for player in name_list}
for i in name_list:
Q.enqueue(i[0])
while Q.__len__() != 1:
oneRound()
winner = Q.first()
return winner
def hot_potato(name_list, num):
"""
Hot potato simulator. While simulating, the name of the players eliminated should also be printed
(Note: you can print more information to see the game unfolding, for instance the list of
players to whom the hot potato is passed at each step...)
:param name_list: a list containing the name of the players, e.g. ["John", "James", "Alice"]
:param num: the counting constant (i.e., the length of each round of the game)
:return: the winner (that is, the last player standing after everybody else is eliminated)
"""
Q = ArrayQueue()
for i in name_list:
Q.enqueue(i)
while Q.__len__() != 1:
for k in range(num):
dequed = Q.dequeue()
Q.enqueue(dequed)
removed = Q.dequeue()
print(f'{removed} has been removed from the game!')
winner = Q.first()
return winner