def createPlayer(g, id_in_group,role):
print("BEGIN createPlayer (g, id_in_group,role):",g, id_in_group,role)# DEM
# create a player in group #g (object), with #number id_in_group (an integer) and
# with role #role (#role=="PR" for PRoducer or #role=="RE" for REtailer)
# Values for the #vouchers are assigned (they are the cost of producing for Producers
# and the earnings for Retailers).
# The marginal values are random with, for Retailers, average #r_average and standard deviation
# r_sd and, for Producers, average #p_average and standard deviation
# p_sd
r_average=10
r_sd=20
r_start=1000
r_max=60
r_min=0
p_average=.01
p_sd=.5
p_max=30
p_min=0
p = Player.objects.get_or_create(group=g,id_in_group=id_in_group)[0]
# creates a player or retrieves him
#print("CREATEPLAYER!!! for:",p)
p.codename = ''.join([random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase) for n in range(1)] +[random.choice(string.digits) for n in range(1)])
p.codeurl=Constants.baseurl+p.codename
# creates the codename and the url for the player to use
p.role=role
print ("role",role)
# assigns the role for the player
p.money=10000
# assigns some starting money to a player - NOT USED YET
if role=="RE":
p.name="value"
# else it is by default "cost" - this is used for printing on the page in the templates
p.save()
value2=[]
value2_cumm=[]
valPR=0
valRE=r_start
random.seed()
if role=="PR":
for i in range(35):
valPR+=abs(myround(random.gauss(i*i*i*p_average, (i*i*p_sd))))
valPR=min(valPR,1200)
value2.append(valPR)
# creates a list with marginal values. The values are strictly increasing and convex
# with a maximum of 1200. This construction avoids needing to sort.
value2_cumm=cummulator(value2)
# #value2_cumm has the cummulative valuesof value2
elif role=="RE":
for i in range(35):
#value2.append(int(max(0,round(random.gauss(r_average, r_sd),-1)))) #is good, but slow
#valRE=max(0,valRE - round(random.randint(r_min, r_max),-1))
valRE=max(0,valRE - abs(myround(random.gauss(r_average, r_sd))))
value2.append(valRE)
# creates a list with marginal values. The values are strictly increasing and convex
# with a maximum of 1200. This construction avoids needing to sort.
value2_cumm=cummulator(value2)
# #value2_cumm has the cummulative valuesof value2
for i in range(35):
v = Voucher(idd=i+1,value_cum=value2_cumm[i],value=value2[i],player=p,group=p.group,role=role)
v.save()
# only here all the vouchers are created, using the values put in the variables #value2 and #value2_cumm
print("END createPlayer (g, id_in_group,role):",g, id_in_group,role)# DEM
return p
