def place_twoship(board, playershiplist):
    twoship = 1  # how many "pegs" the ship has.

    it = 0

    while twoship == 1:  # Start checking if surrounding areas are clear for the ship to expand one space
        # Checks for direction, then make sure index isn't out of bound.
        while it < 4:
            direction = random.choice("NSEW")  # Code by Kevin below from Stackoverflow, thank you.
            print(direction)

            x = random_row(board)
            y = random_col(board)

            if direction == "N" and x - 1 >= 0 and y + 1 < 5:
                if board[x][y] not in {'1', '2'}:  # check if the spot is empty for a ship
                    board[x][y] = "2"
                    playershiplist.append([x, y])
                if board[x-1][y] != "2":
                    board[x-1][y] = "2"
                    twoship = 2
                    playershiplist.append([x, y - 1])
                    break
            elif direction == "S" and y + 1 < 5:
                if board[x][y] not in {'1', '2'}:  # check if the spot is empty for a ship
                    board[y][x] = "2"
                    playershiplist.append([x, y])
                if board[y + 1][ x] != "2":
                    board[y + 1][x] = "2"
                    twoship = 2
                    playershiplist.append([x, y + 1])
                    break
            elif direction == "E" and x < 5 and y + 1 < 5:
                if board[x][y] not in {'1', '2'}:  # check if the spot is empty for a ship
                    board[y][x] = "2"
                    playershiplist.append([x, y])
                if board[y][x + 1] != "2":
                    board[y][x + 1] = "2"
                    twoship = 2
                    playershiplist.append([x, y + 1])
                    break
            elif direction == "W" and x - 1 >= 0:
                if board[x][y] not in {'1', '2'}:  # check if the spot is empty for a ship
                    board[y][x] = "2"
                    playershiplist.append([y, x])
                if board[y][x - 1] != "2":
                    board[y][x - 1] = "2"
                    twoship = 2
                playershiplist.append([y, x -1 ])
                break
            else:
                it += 1