Python User Input & Control Flow | Python tutorial

Learn Python user input & control flow in this Python tutorial. You will learn how to receive user input and apply control flow to a simple game that will determine who wins and what is output.

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Python User Input & Control Flow 🐍

(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:18) Create a new file
(00:33) Basic User Input
(02:46) Basic Control Flow
(06:19) Exiting the program
(07:01) User Input Data Type
(08:17) Random Computer Choice
(09:23) Output the choices
(10:53) Game Winner Control Flow
(13:55) Test the Game
(14:26) Improving the Game
(15:44) Introducing Enums
(20:02) Improve the Game with Enums

Corrections:
(5:53) The pipe symbol is a bitwise OR.. but not what we needed here. We just need the word "or". I have updated the source code for the lesson with this correction. 🚀

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[burgeronus]

Love the length of these videos; i feel like many python tutorials are hours long which can be kind of daunting! keeping each video on a few topics makes it much easier to take on. thanks!

[itsaak]

Thank you so much, you are single handedly teaching me python in a very user friendly and simple way.

[hannaingrín]

These vidoes are awesome, thanks for making them Dave!

[juanmayen]

Thanks a ton for making these videos Dave.

[ClashOfMedias]

Now my class start learning Python, these lessons help me a lot.

[ashishranjan]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY LEARNING SO EASY WITH YOUR GREAT EXPLANATIONS DAVE 👍👍

[bensonibeabuchi]

Hi Dave, thank you for these videos, I have watched your tutorials on HTML, CSS, Javascript, React (not-finished) and Next.js. You are the best. For improving the game code, can I re-write the code as:
*
if player == 1:
player = "Rock"
elif player == 2:
player = "Paper"
else:
player = "Scissors"
*
instead of importing Enum? obviously you will do it for computer and then print("You chose " + player + ".")
print("Python chose " + computer + ".")

[adamcylee]

You are very good. You are EXCELLENT! Love from SINGAPORE

[Microwaveoficial]

For those who are running into problems:
Just replace the "|" with "or"

[doors]

Great series Dave 🔥
Definitely good to take a JS every now and then.
Let’s see how far you take us!

[anirudh]

Nice video. Please upload video regularly plzzz dev. And thanks for your amazing content as always.

[anthonyythomas]

Excellent video!
I did have trouble triggering the 'exit' if statement for invalid player entries though.
It seems the pipe no longer works as an 'or' operator in Python 3.12.0. I got the statement to trigger by simply using 'or' instead of the pipe.

[cookie]

I got a problem. The mini-game works when I run it through the play button and type 1, 2 or 3. It wont work when I type 1, 2 or 3 in the terminal. It will just return whatever number i typed. If I type 2, it will just return the number 2 etc.

[Not-THAT-ChrisPratt]

I have a question re: the use of Enum.
could you also use a list for the Rock, Paper, Scissors? eg:
pieces = ["Rock", "Paper", "Scissors"]
and then refer to them on line 26 as: print("You chose " + pieces[player-1] + ".")
(the -1 is needed since a list index begins at 0, not 1.
Just a thought.

[ColombianCatastrophe]

When I enter any 3 numbers in the terminal(1 for rock, 2 for scissors, 3 for paper) nothing happens. I am not sure what the issue is. Can anyone help?

[Blonar]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you so much. 1 question: is RPS(player).name not much simplier that replace, or am i missing something?

[antwierasmus]

Hey Dave, thanks you for the contents and education, I have been learning a lot from all your videos. Please can you also teach us something about using react animation packages like react spring? I have been trying to read the docs and wrap my head around it, but everything seems complicated.

[nishantsingh]

Hey Dave, thanks for making these videos. I want to know if u want to continue the RPS game (that the program should not end and again ask for input value) what command can be used for this.

[appendix-qk]

When I enter 2 for my choice and press enter it only just takes me back to another prompt but it doesn’t tell me what I selected vs what the computer selected. What is the issue? 10:48

[johnaweiss]

12:19 i like python a lot. But i don't like the keyword `elif`. Why did they call it that? It's inconsistent. If you're going to say elif for elseif, then you should say el for else.