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tictactoe in python for 2 players
"""tictactoe game for 2 players
from blogpost: http://thebillington.co.uk/blog/posts/writing-a-tic-tac-toe-game-in-python by BILLY REBECCHI,
slightly improved by Horst JENS"""
from __future__ import print_function
choices = []
for x in range (0, 9) :
choices.append(str(x + 1))
playerOneTurn = True
winner = False
def printBoard() :
print( '\n -----')
print( '|' + choices[0] + '|' + choices[1] + '|' + choices[2] + '|')
print( ' -----')
print( '|' + choices[3] + '|' + choices[4] + '|' + choices[5] + '|')
print( ' -----')
print( '|' + choices[6] + '|' + choices[7] + '|' + choices[8] + '|')
print( ' -----\n')
while not winner :
printBoard()
if playerOneTurn :
print( "Player 1:")
else :
print( "Player 2:")
try:
choice = int(input(">> "))
except:
print("please enter a valid field")
continue
if choices[choice - 1] == 'X' or choices [choice-1] == 'O':
print("illegal move, plase try again")
continue
if playerOneTurn :
choices[choice - 1] = 'X'
else :
choices[choice - 1] = 'O'
playerOneTurn = not playerOneTurn
for x in range (0, 3) :
y = x * 3
if (choices[y] == choices[(y + 1)] and choices[y] == choices[(y + 2)]) :
winner = True
printBoard()
if (choices[x] == choices[(x + 3)] and choices[x] == choices[(x + 6)]) :
winner = True
printBoard()
if((choices[0] == choices[4] and choices[0] == choices[8]) or
(choices[2] == choices[4] and choices[4] == choices[6])) :
winner = True
printBoard()
print ("Player " + str(int(playerOneTurn + 1)) + " wins!\n")
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Amazing code but it doesn't have a way to show the game is draw

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ghost commented Apr 19, 2019

Doesn't stop when game draws...

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