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Milestone Project 1: Walkthrough Steps Workbook

Below is a set of steps for you to follow to try to create the Tic Tac Toe Milestone Project game!

Some suggested tools before you get started:

To take input from a user:

player1 = input("Please pick a marker 'X' or 'O'")

Note that input() takes in a string. If you need an integer value, use

position = int(input('Please enter a number'))


To clear the screen between moves:

from IPython.display import clear_output
clear_output()

Note that clear_output() will only work in jupyter. To clear the screen in other IDEs, consider:

print('\n'*100)

This scrolls the previous board up out of view. Now on to the program!

Step 1: Write a function that can print out a board. Set up your board as a list, where each index 1-9 corresponds with a number on a number pad, so you get a 3 by 3 board representation.

from IPython.display import clear_output

def display_board(board):
    
    pass

TEST Step 1: run your function on a test version of the board list, and make adjustments as necessary

test_board = ['#','X','O','X','O','X','O','X','O','X']
display_board(test_board)

Step 2: Write a function that can take in a player input and assign their marker as 'X' or 'O'. Think about using while loops to continually ask until you get a correct answer.

def player_input():
    
    pass

TEST Step 2: run the function to make sure it returns the desired output

player_input()

Step 3: Write a function that takes in the board list object, a marker ('X' or 'O'), and a desired position (number 1-9) and assigns it to the board.

def place_marker(board, marker, position):
    
    pass

TEST Step 3: run the place marker function using test parameters and display the modified board

place_marker(test_board,'$',8)
display_board(test_board)

**Step 4: Write a function that takes in a board and a mark (X or O) and then checks to see if that mark has won. **

def win_check(board, mark):
    
    pass

TEST Step 4: run the win_check function against our test_board - it should return True

win_check(test_board,'X')

Step 5: Write a function that uses the random module to randomly decide which player goes first. You may want to lookup random.randint() Return a string of which player went first.

import random

def choose_first():
    pass

Step 6: Write a function that returns a boolean indicating whether a space on the board is freely available.

def space_check(board, position):
    
    pass

Step 7: Write a function that checks if the board is full and returns a boolean value. True if full, False otherwise.

def full_board_check(board):
    
    pass

Step 8: Write a function that asks for a player's next position (as a number 1-9) and then uses the function from step 6 to check if it's a free position. If it is, then return the position for later use.

def player_choice(board):
    
    pass

Step 9: Write a function that asks the player if they want to play again and returns a boolean True if they do want to play again.

def replay():
    
    pass

Step 10: Here comes the hard part! Use while loops and the functions you've made to run the game!

print('Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!')

#while True:
    # Set the game up here
    #pass

    #while game_on:
        #Player 1 Turn
        
        
        # Player2's turn.
            
            #pass

    #if not replay():
        #break

Good Job!