Re: Simple Quiz Game

Jerry, I followed your advice. Breaking down the program into several
classes is more manageable. I've changed a few things in your program, most
notably the fact that I print the results from the take_quiz method (seems
more logical to me) and I've modified its format. Here is the program now
(works fine):

class QuestionClass

  attr_reader :correct_answer

  def initialize(question, choices, correct_answer)
    @question = question
    @choices = choices
    @correct_answer = correct_answer
  end

  def display
    puts @question
    a = Array('a'...'z')
    i = 0
    @choices.each { |c|
      puts "  #{a[i]}.  #{c}"
      i += 1
    }
  end
end

class QuizClass

  attr_reader :nb_of_correct_answers

  def initialize
    @q = Array.new
    @nb_of_correct_answers = 0
  end

  def add_question(q, choices, a)
    question = QuestionClass.new(q, choices, a)
    @q << question
  end

  def take_quiz
    @q.each { |qq|
      qq.display
      print "\nanswer? "
      a = gets
      a = a.chomp
      @nb_of_correct_answers += 1 if a == qq.correct_answer
      puts "You have answered #{@nb_of_correct_answers} questions correctly"
    }
  end
end

quiz = QuizClass.new
quiz.add_question('How many places are called Paris in the US?', [17,
6, 25], 'a')
quiz.add_question("What is Uzbekistan's capital city?", ['Qarshi',
'Tashkent', 'Bukhara'], 'b')
quiz.add_question('What is the most spoken language in Africa?',
['Swahili', 'Arabic', 'English'], 'c')
quiz.take_quiz

Now, I have two things to do:
(1) Handle incorrect user input
(2) Feed the questions from a separate text file

Thanks for the help. I got me out of the rut.


On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Jerry Davis <[email protected]> wrote:

> marc,
>
> look back to my response, and study it.
> I believe you will find what you are looking for.
>
> jerry
>
>
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>
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> teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime. *-
> Anonymous
>
>
> *If writing good code requires very little comments, then writing really
> excellent code requires no comments at all!*- Ken Thompson
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Marc Chanliau <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Joe. Yes, ultimately, I will try to have the questions in a
>> separate text file, but I'm not there yet! The idea of having several
>> classes sounds interesting. I'll look into it.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Joe Gain <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15.12.2015 19:48, Marc Chanliau wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jesus, thanks. I realize that I'm looping on one question only. I want
>>>> to loop over all the questions but the challenge is that I want to
>>>> collect the data (whether the user provided the right answers or not) to
>>>> display the result at the end. The key here is the "collect the data"
>>>> part that I'm struggling with.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:41 AM, Jesús Gabriel y Galán
>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     The problem is that you are looping inside the display_question
>>>>     method, which, I guess, is supposed to handle just one question. You
>>>>     need to remove the loop.
>>>>
>>>>     Jesus.
>>>>
>>>>     On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Marc Chanliau
>>>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>      > This is what I have for now. It needs a lot of work! Bottom line
>>>>     is I want
>>>>      > to know how Ruby allows one to "buffer" user responses to
>>>>     questions until
>>>>      > later for displaying results.
>>>>      > Here goes:
>>>>      >
>>>>      > class Quiz
>>>>      >
>>>>      >   def initialize(correct_answers)
>>>>      >     @correct_answers = correct_answers
>>>>      >   end
>>>>      >
>>>>      >   def display_question( question, a, b, c, d, answer)
>>>>      >     loop do
>>>>      >       puts question
>>>>      >       puts a
>>>>      >       puts b
>>>>      >       puts c
>>>>      >       puts d
>>>>      >       print "\nType a letter a, b, c, or d for your answer:"
>>>>      >       reply = gets
>>>>      >       if answer == reply then
>>>>      >         @correct_answers += 1
>>>>      >       end
>>>>      >     end
>>>>      >   end
>>>>      >
>>>>      >   def quiz_result
>>>>      >       print 'You correctly answered ' + @correct_answers.to_s + '
>>>>      > question(s).'
>>>>      >   end
>>>>      >
>>>>      >   def end_game
>>>>      >     puts "\t\tThanks for playing, see you next time!."
>>>>      >   end
>>>>      > end
>>>>      >
>>>>      > my_quiz = Quiz.new(@correct_answers)
>>>>      >
>>>>      > @correct_answers = 0
>>>>      >
>>>>      >   # q1
>>>>      >   puts ''
>>>>      >   my_quiz.display_question("How many places are called Paris in
>>>>     the US?",
>>>>      >                         "a. 17", "b. 6", "c. 25", "d. 12", "a")
>>>>      >   # q2
>>>>      >   puts ''
>>>>      >   my_quiz.display_question("What is Uzbekistan's capital city?",
>>>>      >                         "a. Qarshi", "b. Tashkent", "c.
>>>> Bukhara", "d.
>>>>      > Nukus", "b")
>>>>      >   # q3
>>>>      >   puts ''
>>>>      >   my_quiz.display_question("What is the most spoken language in
>>>>     Afica?",
>>>>      >                         "a. Swahili", "b. French", "c. Arabic",
>>>> "d.
>>>>      > English", "d")
>>>>      >
>>>>      >   # display result
>>>>      >   puts ''
>>>>      >   my_quiz.quiz_result
>>>>      >
>>>>      >   # display end game message
>>>>      >   puts ''
>>>>      >   my_quiz.end_game
>>>>      >
>>>>      >
>>>>      > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Mendel Schneerson
>>>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>      > wrote:
>>>>      >>
>>>>      >> Hey Marc can you paste your new code after you edited it.
>>>>      >>
>>>>      >> mendel
>>>>      >>
>>>>      >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Marc Chanliau
>>>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>      >> wrote:
>>>>      >>>
>>>>      >>> Jerry, done that. I do get the first question, but I'm not
>>>>     iterating
>>>>      >>> through the other questions in my loop.
>>>>      >>>
>>>>      >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Jerry Davis <
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> to put it as simply as I can:
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> def display_question( q1, q2, q3, answer) has 4 arguments
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> when you call it:
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> my_quiz.display_question("How many places are called Paris in
>>>>     the US?",
>>>>      >>>> "a. 17", "b. 6", "c. 25", "d. 12", "a")   has 6 arguments
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> you must call it with the same number of arguments as you
>>>>     defined. you
>>>>      >>>> defined 4, and called it with 6.
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> --
>>>>      >>>> Extra Ham Operator: K7AZJ
>>>>      >>>> Registered Linux User: 275424
>>>>      >>>> Raspberry Pi and Arduino developer
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> The most exciting phrase to hear in science - the one that
>>>>     heralds new
>>>>      >>>> discoveries - is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny...".
>>>>      >>>> - Isaac. Asimov
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a
>>>>     day; if you
>>>>      >>>> teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a
>>>> lifetime.
>>>>      >>>> - Anonymous
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> If writing good code requires very little comments, then
>>>>     writing really
>>>>      >>>> excellent code requires no comments at all!
>>>>      >>>> - Ken Thompson
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 10:09 PM, Kevin <[email protected]
>>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> When you call a method, the arguments you pass into it become
>>>>     local
>>>>      >>>>> variables within the method. Typically this means you have to
>>>>     pass the same
>>>>      >>>>> number of arguments into the method as it asks for.
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> When you write:
>>>>      >>>>>     my_quiz.display_question("How many places are called
>>>>     Paris in the
>>>>      >>>>> US?", "a. 17", "b. 6", "c. 25", "d. 12", "a")
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> the method display_question sets:
>>>>      >>>>>     q1 = "How many places are called Paris in the US?"
>>>>      >>>>>     q2 = "a. 17"
>>>>      >>>>>     q3 = "b. 6"
>>>>      >>>>>     answer = "c. 25"
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> but it has no idea what to do with "d. 12" or "a". Hence the
>>>>     error. If
>>>>      >>>>> you want to display the question, and always have a choice of
>>>>     4 answers,
>>>>      >>>>> then one way to go would be:
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> def display_question(question, a, b, c, d, answer)
>>>>      >>>>>     puts question
>>>>      >>>>>     puts a
>>>>      >>>>>     puts b
>>>>      >>>>>     puts c
>>>>      >>>>>     puts d
>>>>      >>>>>     ...
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> -Kevin
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> On 12/13/2015 10:46 PM, Marc Chanliau wrote:
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> Understood. I had noticed that before. However, what I don't
>>>>     seem to
>>>>      >>>>> understand is the relationship between what I include in my
>>>>     questions (6
>>>>      >>>>> arguments) and the arguments that are related to my method (4
>>>>     arguments: 3
>>>>      >>>>> questions and the answer for each).
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Feng ZhenPing
>>>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>      >>>>> wrote:
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> Check the line 7 and line 35, 38, 41. You will find the
>>>>     answer. The
>>>>      >>>>>> method only have 4 parameter.
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> 在 2015年12月14日，上午9:49，Marc Chanliau
>>>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 写道：
>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> I want to create a simple Quiz program:
>>>>      >>>>>> 1- Display multiple-choice questions one by one (just three
>>>>     in my
>>>>      >>>>>> simple case)
>>>>      >>>>>> 2- Answer each question with your choice letter
>>>>      >>>>>> 3- Display the number of successful answers
>>>>      >>>>>> 4- Display a good-bye message before exiting the program
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> Unfortunately, my program doesn't get off the ground -- I
>>>>     get the
>>>>      >>>>>> following error:
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> /Users/marcc/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0/bin/ruby -e
>>>>      >>>>>> $stdout.sync=true;$stderr.sync=true;load($0=ARGV.shift)
>>>>      >>>>>> /Users/marcc/RubymineProjects/Tests/quiz.rb
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> /Users/marcc/RubymineProjects/Tests/quiz.rb:7:in
>>>>     `display_question':
>>>>      >>>>>> wrong number of arguments (6 for 4) (ArgumentError)
>>>>      >>>>>>   from /Users/marcc/RubymineProjects/Tests/quiz.rb:35:in
>>>> `<top
>>>>      >>>>>> (required)>'
>>>>      >>>>>>   from -e:1:in `load'
>>>>      >>>>>>   from -e:1:in `<main>'
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> In the above, what does "wrong number of arguments (6 for 4)
>>>>     mean?
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> Here is my program:
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> class Quiz
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>   def initialize(correct_answers)
>>>>      >>>>>>     @correct_answers = correct_answers
>>>>      >>>>>>   end
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>   def display_question( q1, q2, q3, answer)
>>>>      >>>>>>     loop do
>>>>      >>>>>>       puts q1
>>>>      >>>>>>       puts q2
>>>>      >>>>>>       puts q3
>>>>      >>>>>>       print "\nType a letter a, b, c, or d for your answer:"
>>>>      >>>>>>       reply = gets
>>>>      >>>>>>       if answer == reply then
>>>>      >>>>>>         @correct_answers += 1
>>>>      >>>>>>       end
>>>>      >>>>>>     end
>>>>      >>>>>>   end
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>   def quiz_result
>>>>      >>>>>>       print 'You correctly answered ' +
>>>>     @correct_answers.to_s + '
>>>>      >>>>>> question(s).'
>>>>      >>>>>>   end
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>   def end_game
>>>>      >>>>>>     puts "\t\tThanks for playing, see you next time!."
>>>>      >>>>>>   end
>>>>      >>>>>> end
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> my_quiz = Quiz.new(@correct_answers)
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>> @correct_answers = 0
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>   # q1
>>>>      >>>>>>   puts ''
>>>>      >>>>>>   my_quiz.display_question("How many places are called Paris
>>>>     in the
>>>>      >>>>>> US?","a. 17", "b. 6", "c. 25", "d. 12", "a")
>>>>      >>>>>>   # q2
>>>>      >>>>>>   puts ''
>>>>      >>>>>>   my_quiz.display_question("What is Uzbekistan's capital
>>>>     city?", "a.
>>>>      >>>>>> Qarshi", "b. Tashkent", "c. Bukhara", "d.
>>>>      >>>>>> Nukus", "b")
>>>>      >>>>>>   # q3
>>>>      >>>>>>   puts ''
>>>>      >>>>>>   my_quiz.display_question("What is the most spoken
>>>> language in
>>>>      >>>>>> Afica?", "a. Swahili", "b. French", "c. Arabic",
>>>>     "d.English", "d")
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>   # display result
>>>>      >>>>>>   puts ''
>>>>      >>>>>>   my_quiz.quiz_result
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>   # display end game message
>>>>      >>>>>>   puts ''
>>>>      >>>>>>   my_quiz.end_game
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>      >>>>
>>>>      >>>
>>>>      >>
>>>>      >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A user interface is usually such a pain in the arse to write that it's a
>>> good idea to split it off into a module, or at least a class or two.
>>>
>>> A good place to start with a problem like this is to think about what
>>> classes you need. While there are different ways of skinning this cat, you
>>> might for example have:
>>>
>>> Questions: A question is associated to a correct answer.
>>>
>>> Answers/Responses: An answer/response is a potential answer to a question
>>>
>>> Rounds: A round consists of a question and n answers/responses (one of
>>> the answers has to be correct) and return true or false depending on the
>>> response entered.
>>>
>>> Score: Number of rounds correctly answered.
>>>
>>> The UI has to print rounds, get user response and print the score. Don't
>>> worry about having classes that don't seem to do much especially because
>>> the ruby library seems so powerful.
>>>
>>> (Anyway, then you probably want to read in the questions and answers
>>> from a text file.)
>>>
>>
>>
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