This is a very simple game of sticks. There are 21 sticks, first the user picks number of sticks between 1-4, then the computer picks sticks(1-4). Who ever will pick the last stick will loose. Can you find out the case when the user will win ?
#!/usr/bin/env python
sticks = 21
print "There are 21 sticks, you can take 1-4 number of sticks at a time."
print "Whoever will take the last stick will loose"
while True:
print "Sticks left: " , sticks
sticks_taken = int(raw_input("Take sticks(1-4):"))
if sticks == 1:
print "You took the last stick, you loose"
break
if sticks_taken >=5 or sticks_taken <=0:
print "Wrong choice"
continue
print "Computer took: " , (5 - sticks_taken) , "\n\n"
sticks -= 5
