"""
this program makes an optimal tictactoe move by answering the following
questions
in their given order until it is told where to put its mark:
1) can you win the game?
if so then do it
2) could your opponent win the game if it was his turn?
if so then put your own mark where a mar
i plan to try writing an ai for a strategic game, and i've pretty much narrowed
the candidates down to either checkers or
reversi. i would prefer to tackle the easier game, so can anybody tell me which
one is easier to program decently? (or maybe
i'm missing a good candidate - basically all i
good point. this algorithm doesn't take account of the fact that one can make a
threat (x's 147) by parrying a threat (o's 357). nevertheless i'm still certain
that the components the algorithm is built from are the same components i use
myself to play tictactoe, and i'm still certain that my ow
hi all
i've just finished my first excursion into artificial intelligence with a game
less trivial than tictactoe, and here it is in case anybody can offer
criticism/suggestions/etc
peace
stm
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#) connectfour - python 3.6.1
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from t
On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 12:13:18 PM UTC-8, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Since you did not start with tests or write tests as you wrote code, ...
why on earth would you assume that? instantiate "window" and you'll see it
works exactly as i intended; nobody's asking you to debug code for free; i'm
On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 5:00:12 AM UTC-8, bartc wrote:
> Actually I've no idea what these tests are supposed to prove.
me neither; i think you guys may be getting me out of my depth now
> They are to do with one class called 'infinity', which is never used in the
> rest
> of the pr
On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 8:07:07 AM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> This is the kind of function that needs a docstring and some comments.
> What exactly is this doing? What are the "lines" of the board? What's
> the difference between "linear" and "lines"? What exactly is it
> returning?
p
On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 12:48:38 AM UTC-8, Terry Reedy wrote:
> I did, and it looks buggy to me. The top and left frame lines are
> missing. If I click a square, the bottom square in the column lights
> up. But then I have no idea whether those are your intentions or not.
i hadn't
On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 8:07:07 AM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> This is the kind of function that needs a docstring and some comments.
> What exactly is this doing? What are the "lines" of the board? What's
> the difference between "linear" and "lines"? What exactly is it
> returning?
p
On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 5:00:12 AM UTC-8, bartc wrote:
> Actually I've no idea what these tests are supposed to prove.
me neither; i think you guys may be getting me out of my depth now
> They are to do with one class called 'infinity', which is never used in the
rest
> of the program
On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 12:48:38 AM UTC-8, Terry Reedy wrote:
> I did, and it looks buggy to me. The top and left frame lines are
> missing. If I click a square, the bottom square in the column lights
> up. But then I have no idea whether those are your intentions or not.
i hadn't no
On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 5:00:12 AM UTC-8, bartc wrote:
> Actually I've no idea what these tests are supposed to prove.
me neither; i think you guys may be getting me out of my depth now
> They are to do with one class called 'infinity', which is never used in the
rest
> of the program
On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 8:07:07 AM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> This is the kind of function that needs a docstring and some comments.
> What exactly is this doing? What are the "lines" of the board? What's
> the difference between "linear" and "lines"? What exactly is it
> returning?
p
On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 12:48:38 AM UTC-8, Terry Reedy wrote:
> I did, and it looks buggy to me. The top and left frame lines are
> missing. If I click a square, the bottom square in the column lights
> up. But then I have no idea whether those are your intentions or not.
i hadn't no
On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 7:09:25 PM UTC-8, Michael Torrie wrote:
> So you are using this Infinity class as a sentinel value of some kind?
> Representing game state? There may be an easier way than a full on
> custom type. Sometimes just a sentinel object is sufficient. Or an
> enumerati
On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 2:10:56 AM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Or you could use the floating-point values for positive and negative
> infinity
perfecto! thank you!
peace
stm
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On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 7:09:25 PM UTC-8, Michael Torrie wrote:
> So you are using this Infinity class as a sentinel value of some kind?
> Representing game state? There may be an easier way than a full on
> custom type. Sometimes just a sentinel object is sufficient. Or an
> enumeratio
On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 2:10:56 AM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Or you could use the floating-point values for positive and negative
> infinity
perfecto! thank you!
peace
stm
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hi all
can anybody tell me where to look for a proof of the correctness of a
minimax/negamax algorithm with alpha-beta pruning? thanks if you can help
peace
stm
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On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 10:16:07 PM UTC-8, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Where or how have you looked so far? How formal do you want?
i want full-on formal with lots of rigor and every possible detail spelled out;
i've looked in a couple of books but my best lead so far is a paper by knuth
call
On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 3:28:39 PM UTC-8, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> Does this have anything specifically to do with Python programming?
i'm working on a game-playing script (ie: in python), i want to incorporate
pruning into my search algorithm, and i'd like to understand why it works; i'
On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 5:34:17 PM UTC-8, Paul Rubin wrote:
> It frankly sounds like homework.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorem
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hello pythonistas
i've had a nodding acquaintance with python for some time, and all along i
assumed that for-loops got a namespace of their own; now i'm reading up on the
language and i find out that's not the case: the loop variable gets put into
the enclosing namespace, overwriting any forme
hello pythonistas
the script below plays tictactoe; everything works; but if i replace the block
at the bottom
if True:
with this instead
def function():
function()
then the tkinter callbacks don't work anymore; can anybody make sense of this?
thanks if you can help
peace
stm
ps:
hi
is there something analogous to sys.platform that lets you get the version of
python you're using? sorry if the question is too see-spot-run. thanks if you
can help
peace
stm
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