From 955212378cd95fc4f7e7913dbb30d1b738ee5ece Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DanishVasdev <51286478+DanishVasdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:02:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Added a python program example

Hi,
 I have added an example python excercise in the Python folder. It is a basic implementation of game of nim.
This is my first contribution of github so please do give feedback if I do something wrong or if something can be improved
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 Python/game of nim.py | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 Python/game of nim.py

diff --git a/Python/game of nim.py b/Python/game of nim.py
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+#game of nim
+
+"""
+Rules
+1.You take turns with the computer to take away 1/2 coins from a stack of coins
+2.Player to take last coin wins
+"""
+
+n=int(input("Enter number of coins in stack (>3):"))
+print("OK! Lets Play!")
+print("You get to go first ;)")
+while n>0:
+    taken=int(input("How many do you want to take (1/2)? :"))
+    if taken not in range(1,3):
+        print("Not cool...play by the rules")
+        continue
+    n=n-taken
+    if n>0: #this if is only to check whether there are coins left for the computer
+        if n%3==0:
+            print("Ok..then i ll take...1!")
+            n=n-1
+        elif n%3==1:
+            print("Ok..then i ll take...1!")
+            n=n-1
+        else:
+            print("Ok..then i ll take...2!")
+            n=n-2
+        print("Number of coins left:",n)
+        
+if n==0:
+    print("Ha Ha! I win...better luck next time ;)")
+else:
+    print("hmm...you win..")
+
+
+"""
+try and observe that whether you can win or not actually depends on the initial
+number of coins you take :)
+
+to understand this better, think about what would happen if you could
+only take 1 each?
+"""
+