In this chapter, you will learn the following:
Implementing a known real-world game as a digital program with “the computer” as one of the players
Developing a strategy for “the computer”
Inserting a pause
Working with arrays and strings
Introduction
The two-player game Add to 15 requires players to take turns choosing from the numbers 1 to 9 with the goal of obtaining a set of three numbers that add up to 15. I first saw this game at the Museum of Mathematics in New York City where it was implemented as an apparatus with the numbers on rods that could be moved from the center to the player’s side. ...
