[Tutor] How to end this program

[Joel Goldstick]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:00 AM, abid saied <abidsaied at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     # OK, I'm stuck on setting up an instruction that ends the program once you
>     # say either 'yes' or 'no'. And if you don't say 'yes' or 'no', and you reach
>     # the end, the program comes to an end. Please remember I'm a newbie and would
>     # appreciate any advise in plain simple English, like I was 5 years old!
>
>
>
> import time
>
> def main():
>     print()
>     print("YES/NO Game ")
>     time.sleep(2)
>     print()
>     print()
>
>     print("In this game, I will ask you a series of questions, if you answer YES or NO, you loose!")
>     print()
>     print("Remember to answer in Capitals!")
>     print()
>     time.sleep(2)
>     print("Starting the game ...")
>     print()
>     time.sleep(2)
>     name = input("What is your name? ")
>     print()
>     time.sleep(2)
>     print("ok " + (name) + (", time for the questions..."))
>     print()
>     time.sleep(2)
>
>
>     answer = input("How old are you?  ")
>     if answer == "YES":
>         print("...You said yes, you loose!")
>     elif answer == "NO":
>         print ("...You said NO, you loose!")
>
>
>     answer = input("Do you like apples? ")
>     if answer == "YES":
>         print("...You said yes, you loose!")
>     elif answer == "NO":
>         print ("...You said NO, you loose!")
>
You repeat this pattern throughout your program, so it should be made
a function like this:

def ask_question(question):
    answer = input(question)
    answer = answer.upper()
    if answer == "YES" or answer == "NO":
        print "...You said %s, you loose!", answer
        exit(0)    # this will end the program
    return   # this will get you out of your function


To ask all of your questions, create a list of questions like this:

list_of_questions = ["first question", "second question", etc ... ]

Now do this:
for question in list_of_questions:
    ask_question


then finish with what you have below.


>
>     print("OK, you win!You didn't say 'YES' or 'NO', well done!")
>     time.sleep(2)
>
>
>
>
> Abid Saied
> abidsaied at gmail.com
>
>
>
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