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Mastermind Game Using Python

The document describes the classic code-breaking game Mastermind. It discusses the basic rules where one player sets a secret code and the other tries to guess it. The setter provides hints about how many numbers or colors the guesser got correct. The goal is for the guesser to deduce the full code within the fewest number of attempts. The game originated in the 19th century but is now often played with colored pegs instead of just numbers.

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Mastermind Game Using Python

The document describes the classic code-breaking game Mastermind. It discusses the basic rules where one player sets a secret code and the other tries to guess it. The setter provides hints about how many numbers or colors the guesser got correct. The goal is for the guesser to deduce the full code within the fewest number of attempts. The game originated in the 19th century but is now often played with colored pegs instead of just numbers.

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Given the present generation’s acquaintance with gaming and its highly demanded

technology, many aspire to pursue the idea of developing and advancing it further.
Eventually, everyone starts at the beginning. Mastermind is an old code-breaking
game played by two players. The game goes back to the 19th century and can be
played with paper and pencil.

Rules of the game


Two players play the game against each other; let’s assume Player 1 and Player 2.

Player 1 plays first by setting a multi-digit number.


Player 2 now tries his first attempt at guessing the number.
If Player 2 succeeds in his first attempt (despite odds which are highly unlikely)
he wins the game and is crowned Mastermind! If not, then Player 1 hints by
revealing which digits or numbers Player 2 got correct.
The game continues till Player 2 eventually is able to guess the number entirely.
Now, Player 2 gets to set the number and Player 1 plays the part of guessing the
number.
If Player 1 is able to guess the number within a lesser number of tries than Player
2 took, then Player 1 wins the game and is crowned Mastermind.
If not, then Player 2 wins the game.
The real game, however, has proved aesthetics since the numbers are represented by
color-coded buttons.

import random

# the .randrange() function generates a


# random number within the specified range.
num = random.randrange(1000, 10000)

n = int(input("Guess the 4 digit number:"))

# condition to test equality of the


# guess made. Program terminates if true.
if (n == num):
print("Great! You guessed the number in just 1 try! You're a Mastermind!")
else:
# ctr variable initialized. It will keep count of
# the number of tries the Player takes to guess the number.
ctr = 0

# while loop repeats as long as the


# Player fails to guess the number correctly.
while (n != num):
# variable increments every time the loop
# is executed, giving an idea of how many
# guesses were made.
ctr += 1

count = 0

# explicit type conversion of an integer to


# a string in order to ease extraction of digits
n = str(n)

# explicit type conversion of a string to an integer


num = str(num)

# correct[] list stores digits which are correct


correct = ['X']*4

# for loop runs 4 times since the number has 4 digits.


for i in range(0, 4):

# checking for equality of digits


if (n[i] == num[i]):
# number of digits guessed correctly increments
count += 1
# hence, the digit is stored in correct[].
correct[i] = n[i]
else:
continue

# when not all the digits are guessed correctly.


if (count < 4) and (count != 0):
print("Not quite the number. But you did get ", count, " digit(s)
correct!")
print("Also these numbers in your input were correct.")
for k in correct:
print(k, end=' ')
print('\n')
print('\n')
n = int(input("Enter your next choice of numbers: "))

# when none of the digits are guessed correctly.


elif (count == 0):
print("None of the numbers in your input match.")
n = int(input("Enter your next choice of numbers: "))

# condition for equality.


if n == num:
print("You've become a Mastermind!")
print("It took you only", ctr, "tries.")

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