Kunzite - Abby Castillo

adagrams/game.py

@@ -1,11 +1,79 @@
+# initializations
+print("")
+print("*** INITIALIZATIONS ***")
+
+import random
+
+LETTERS_TUPLE = ( {'A': 9,
+                    'B': 2,
+                    'C': 2,
+                    'D': 4,
+                    'E': 12,
+                    'F': 2,
+                    'G': 3,
+                    'H': 2,
+                    'I': 9,
+                    'J': 1,
+                    'K': 1,
+                    'L': 4,
+                    'M': 2,
+                    'N': 6,
+                    'O': 8,
+                    'P': 2,
+                    'Q': 1,
+                    'R': 6,
+                    'S': 4,
+                    'T': 6,
+                    'U': 4,
+                    'V': 2,
+                    'W': 2,
+                    'X': 1,
+                    'Y': 2,
+                    'Z': 1}, )
+
+letters_dict = LETTERS_TUPLE[0]
+# print(f"letters_dict is {letters_dict}")
+
+# helper functions
+
+def make_letter_pool_list(letter_frequencies):
+    letter_pool_list = []
+    for letter in letter_frequencies:
+        for i in range(letter_frequencies[letter]):
+            letter_pool_list.append(letter)
+    return letter_pool_list
+
+# print(f"random number: {random.randint(0, 100)}")
+# wave functions
+
 def draw_letters():
-    pass
+    letter_pool = make_letter_pool_list(letters_dict)
+    hand = []
+    while len(hand) < 10:
+        letter_selection = random.randint(0, len(letter_pool) - 1)
+        hand.append(letter_pool[letter_selection])
+        del letter_pool[letter_selection]
+    return hand
 
 def uses_available_letters(word, letter_bank):
-    pass
+    hand = list(letter_bank)
+    word = word.upper()
+    for letter in word:
+        if letter not in hand:
+            return False
+        elif letter in hand:
+            hand.remove(letter)
+    return True
 
 def score_word(word):
-    pass
+    score = 0
+    for letter in word:
+        score += LETTERS_TUPLE[0][letter]
+
+    return score
 
 def get_highest_word_score(word_list):
-    pass
+    pass
+
+hand = draw_letters()
+uses_available_letters('sandwich', hand)

project_docs/dev-notes.md

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+so i might want to start with a dictionary. wrap it inside a tuple to be safe.
+
+letters_tuple = ( {A: 9,
+    B: 2,
+    N: 2,
+    etc})
+
+then in the code, you run a loop that creates a list full of all the letters.
+
+def make_letter_string(letters_tuple):
+    letters_dict = letters_tuple[0]
+    for letter, frequency in letters_dict.items:
+
+....
+
+OK!
+
+so.
+
+in your draw_letters() function.
+
+initialize a hand variable.
+    (so... hand = [])
+take the letter_pool_list.
+
+*** LOOP BEGINS ***
+return a random number based on the length of that list, set to a variable.
+    (so... letter_selection = random.randint(0, len(letter_pool_list)))
+then pick the letter item based on the random number, add it to hand
+    (so... hand.append(letter_pool_list[letter_selection]))
+then remove that letter from the letter_pool_list.
+    (so... del letter_pool_list[letter_selection])
+
+OK....
+
+## WAVE 2 !!!
+
+here you are going to do stuff with sets.
+
+begin by turning word into a list. you do this with a loop.
+
+so, first, initialize the list.
+    (so... word_letters = [])
+then, iterate through the string.
+so...
+for letter in word:
+    word_letters.append[letter]
+
+oh. no.
+do it this way:
+
+for letter in word:
+    if letter not in letter_bank:
+        return False
+    elif letter in letter_bank:
+        letter_bank.remove(letter)
+return True