1 #Skeleton Program code for the AQA A Level Paper 1 Summer 2025 examination

2 #this code should be used in conjunction with the Preliminary Material

3 #written by the AQA Programmer Team
4 #developed in the Python 3.9 programming environment
5
6 import re
7 import random
8 import math
9
10 def Main():
11 NumbersAllowed = []
12 Targets = []
13 MaxNumberOfTargets = 20
14 MaxTarget = 0
15 MaxNumber = 0
16 TrainingGame = False
17 Choice = input("Enter y to play the training game, anything else to play a random
game: ").lower()
18 print()
19 if Choice == "y":
20 MaxNumber = 1000
21 MaxTarget = 1000
22 TrainingGame = True
23 Targets = [-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 23, 9, 140, 82, 121, 34, 45, 68, 75, 34, 23,
119, 43, 23, 119]
24 else:
25 MaxNumber = 10
26 MaxTarget = 50
27 Targets = CreateTargets(MaxNumberOfTargets, MaxTarget)
28 NumbersAllowed = FillNumbers(NumbersAllowed, TrainingGame, MaxNumber)
29 PlayGame(Targets, NumbersAllowed, TrainingGame, MaxTarget, MaxNumber)
30 input()
31
32 def PlayGame(Targets, NumbersAllowed, TrainingGame, MaxTarget, MaxNumber):
33 Score = 0
34 GameOver = False
35 while not GameOver:
36 DisplayState(Targets, NumbersAllowed, Score)
37 UserInput = input("Enter an expression: ")
38 print()
39 if CheckIfUserInputValid(UserInput):
40 UserInputInRPN = ConvertToRPN(UserInput)
41 if CheckNumbersUsedAreAllInNumbersAllowed(NumbersAllowed, UserInputInRPN,
MaxNumber):
42 IsTarget, Score = CheckIfUserInputEvaluationIsATarget(Targets,
UserInputInRPN, Score)
43 if IsTarget:
44 NumbersAllowed = RemoveNumbersUsed(UserInput, MaxNumber,
NumbersAllowed)
45 NumbersAllowed = FillNumbers(NumbersAllowed, TrainingGame,
MaxNumber)
46 Score -= 1
47 if Targets[0] != -1:
48 GameOver = True
49 else:
50 Targets = UpdateTargets(Targets, TrainingGame, MaxTarget)
51 print("Game over!")
52 DisplayScore(Score)
53
54 def CheckIfUserInputEvaluationIsATarget(Targets, UserInputInRPN, Score):
55 UserInputEvaluation = EvaluateRPN(UserInputInRPN)
56 UserInputEvaluationIsATarget = False
57 if UserInputEvaluation != -1:
58 for Count in range(0, len(Targets)):
59 if Targets[Count] == UserInputEvaluation:
60 Score += 2
61 Targets[Count] = -1
62 UserInputEvaluationIsATarget = True
63 return UserInputEvaluationIsATarget, Score
64
65 def RemoveNumbersUsed(UserInput, MaxNumber, NumbersAllowed):
66 UserInputInRPN = ConvertToRPN(UserInput)
 67 for Item in UserInputInRPN:
68 if CheckValidNumber(Item, MaxNumber):
69 if int(Item) in NumbersAllowed:
70 NumbersAllowed.remove(int(Item))
71 return NumbersAllowed
72
73 def UpdateTargets(Targets, TrainingGame, MaxTarget):
74 for Count in range (0, len(Targets) - 1):
75 Targets[Count] = Targets[Count + 1]
76 Targets.pop()
77 if TrainingGame:
78 Targets.append(Targets[-1])
79 else:
80 Targets.append(GetTarget(MaxTarget))
81 return Targets
82
83 def CheckNumbersUsedAreAllInNumbersAllowed(NumbersAllowed, UserInputInRPN, MaxNumber):
84 Temp = []
85 for Item in NumbersAllowed:
86 Temp.append(Item)
87 for Item in UserInputInRPN:
88 if CheckValidNumber(Item, MaxNumber):
89 if int(Item) in Temp:
90 Temp.remove(int(Item))
91 else:
92 return False
93 return True
94
95 def CheckValidNumber(Item, MaxNumber):
96 if re.search("^[0-9]+$", Item) is not None:
97 ItemAsInteger = int(Item)
98 if ItemAsInteger > 0 and ItemAsInteger <= MaxNumber:
99 return True
100 return False
101
102 def DisplayState(Targets, NumbersAllowed, Score):
103 DisplayTargets(Targets)
104 DisplayNumbersAllowed(NumbersAllowed)
105 DisplayScore(Score)
106
107 def DisplayScore(Score):
108 print("Current score: " + str(Score))
109 print()
110 print()
111
112 def DisplayNumbersAllowed(NumbersAllowed):
113 print("Numbers available: ", end = '')
114 for N in NumbersAllowed:
115 print(str(N) + " ", end = '')
116 print()
117 print()
118
119 def DisplayTargets(Targets):
120 print("|", end = '')
121 for T in Targets:
122 if T == -1:
123 print(" ", end = '')
124 else:
125 print(T, end = '')
126 print("|", end = '')
127 print()
128 print()
129
130 def ConvertToRPN(UserInput):
131 Position = 0
132 Precedence = {"+": 2, "-": 2, "*": 4, "/": 4}
133 Operators = []
134 Operand, Position = GetNumberFromUserInput(UserInput, Position)
135 UserInputInRPN = []
136 UserInputInRPN.append(str(Operand))
137 Operators.append(UserInput[Position - 1])
138 while Position < len(UserInput):
139 Operand, Position = GetNumberFromUserInput(UserInput, Position)
140 UserInputInRPN.append(str(Operand))
141 if Position < len(UserInput):
142 CurrentOperator = UserInput[Position - 1]
143 while len(Operators) > 0 and Precedence[Operators[-1]] > Precedence[
CurrentOperator]:
144 UserInputInRPN.append(Operators[-1])
145 Operators.pop()
146 if len(Operators) > 0 and Precedence[Operators[-1]] == Precedence[
CurrentOperator]:
147 UserInputInRPN.append(Operators[-1])
148 Operators.pop()
149 Operators.append(CurrentOperator)
150 else:
151 while len(Operators) > 0:
152 UserInputInRPN.append(Operators[-1])
153 Operators.pop()
154 return UserInputInRPN
155
156 def EvaluateRPN(UserInputInRPN):
157 S = []
158 while len(UserInputInRPN) > 0:
159 while UserInputInRPN[0] not in ["+", "-", "*", "/"]:
160 S.append(UserInputInRPN[0])
161 UserInputInRPN.pop(0)
162 Num2 = float(S[-1])
163 S.pop()
164 Num1 = float(S[-1])
165 S.pop()
166 Result = 0.0
167 if UserInputInRPN[0] == "+":
168 Result = Num1 + Num2
169 elif UserInputInRPN[0] == "-":
170 Result = Num1 - Num2
171 elif UserInputInRPN[0] == "*":
172 Result = Num1 * Num2
173 elif UserInputInRPN[0] == "/":
174 Result = Num1 / Num2
175 UserInputInRPN.pop(0)
176 S.append(str(Result))
177 if float(S[0]) - math.floor(float(S[0])) == 0.0:
178 return math.floor(float(S[0]))
179 else:
180 return -1
181
182 def GetNumberFromUserInput(UserInput, Position):
183 Number = ""
184 MoreDigits = True
185 while MoreDigits:
186 if not(re.search("[0-9]", str(UserInput[Position])) is None):
187 Number += UserInput[Position]
188 else:
189 MoreDigits = False
190 Position += 1
191 if Position == len(UserInput):
192 MoreDigits = False
193 if Number == "":
194 return -1, Position
195 else:
196 return int(Number), Position
197
198 def CheckIfUserInputValid(UserInput):
199 if re.search("^([0-9]+[\\+\\-\\*\\/])+[0-9]+$", UserInput) is not None:
200 return True
201 else:
202 return False
203
204 def GetTarget(MaxTarget):
205 return random.randint(1, MaxTarget)
206
207 def GetNumber(MaxNumber):
208 return random.randint(1, MaxNumber)
209
210 def CreateTargets(SizeOfTargets, MaxTarget):
211 Targets = []
212 for Count in range(1, 6):
213 Targets.append(-1)
214 for Count in range(1, SizeOfTargets - 4):
215 Targets.append(GetTarget(MaxTarget))
216 return Targets
217
218 def FillNumbers(NumbersAllowed, TrainingGame, MaxNumber):
219 if TrainingGame:
220 return [2, 3, 2, 8, 512]
221 else:
222 while len(NumbersAllowed) < 5:
223 NumbersAllowed.append(GetNumber(MaxNumber))
224 return NumbersAllowed
225
226 if __name__ == "__main__":
227 Main()
228