Yserbius

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#                   Guess Who?               #
# No Copyright by Yserbius                   #
# a work that I hope my boss doesn't see     #
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import random
#number of characteristics
char_num = 13

#number of cards (people)
card_num = 20

#minimal number of characteristics on a card
floor = 2

#maximum characteristics on a card
ceiling = 3

#number of characteristics to distribute
use = 5

#a list of lists. Each item represents a card. The items in the card are the characteristics
card_char = []

#build deck

for i in range(card_num):
    card_char.append([]) #initialize the cards to zero

#populate the deck
for i in range(char_num): #for each characteristic
    for j in range(use):  #max number of times a characteristic can be used
        card_full = False
        times_around = 0
        #cycle till we hit a card that still has room for extra characteristics
        #and this one has not yet been used
        while (not card_full) and (times_around < card_num):
            card = random.randrange(card_num)
            if (len(card_char[card]) >= ceiling) or (i in card_char[card]):
                card_full = False
                times_around = times_around +1
            else:
                card_char[card].append(i)
                card_full = True



#start game
mycards = card_char
#get the card to guess
opponent_card = card_char[random.randrange(card_num)]

#don't tell the computer!
print("opponents card is:")
print(opponent_card)

#a list of characteristics to guess
guesses = (range(char_num))

#how many turns were taken
turns = 0

#keep looping till we eliminate all cards
while len(mycards) > 1:
    turns = turns +1 #increment turn
    estimate = []   #this will be a complete list of all characteristics remaining
    for i in mycards:
        for j in i:
            estimate.append(j)  #populate with all the chrtstc of all the cards
    highest = random.choice(estimate) #start from a random chrrctst
    highest_num = 0
    #find the characteristic that is in most cards
    for x in guesses:
        current = estimate.count(x)
        if current > highest_num:
            highest_num = current
            highest = x
    #use it as a guess
    guess = highest
    guesses.remove(guess)

    #does he have brown eyes?
    if guess in opponent_card:
        right = True
    else:
        right = False

    size = len(mycards)
    to_remove = []

    #loop through the cards and remove those that don't fit the criteria
    for card in range(size):
        cur_card = mycards[card]
        if right:
            if not(guess in cur_card):
                to_remove.append(cur_card)
        if not right:
            if guess in cur_card:
                to_remove.append(cur_card)
    for card in to_remove:
        mycards.remove(card)

#print out the result
print 'I guessed:'
print mycards
print 'in ', turns,' turns'