Consider a dice game

Question

·       All players start with 10 points.

·       A dice is rolled, and if the number on the dice is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, this number is added to each player’s score. If the number is 6, the score off all players is reduced to zero 

·       Before the dice is rolled each player is given the choice of continuing or taking their current score as their final score. 

·       This process is repeated until a 6 is rolled and the game ends. All players still playing at this point receive zero as their final score. 

Write a piece of Python code to simulate playing this game. Explore how the average score depends on the number of dice rolls. Discuss your findings. 

Answer 1

import random

def askYesNo():

iResponse = -1

while (int(iResponse)<0) or (int(iResponse)>1):

iResponse = input(" CONTINUE ??? 1=YES 0=NO :> ")

return iResponse

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score = 10

diceRoll = 0

iResponse=1

while (int(diceRoll)!=6) and (int(iResponse)==1):

diceRoll = random.randint(1,6)

print(diceRoll)

if (int(diceRoll)==6):

score = 0

print(" game over")

else:

score = int(score)+ int(diceRoll)

print(" score is " + str(score))

iResponse = askYesNo()