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Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code
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Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code

by Zed A. Shaw
June 2017
Beginner
320 pages
7h 37m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Exercise 35. Branches and Functions

You have learned if-statements, functions, and lists. Now it’s time to bend your mind. Type this in, and see if you can figure out what it’s doing.

ex35.py

 1    from sys import exit 2 3    def gold_room(): 4        print("This room is full of gold. How much do you take?") 5 6        choice = input("> ") 7        if "0" in choice or "1" in choice: 8            how_much = int(choice) 9        else:10            dead("Man, learn to type a number.")1112        if how_much < 50:13            print("Nice, you're not greedy, you win!")14            exit(0)15        else:16            dead("You greedy bastard!")171819    def bear_room():20        print("There is a bear here.")21         ...

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