MonopolyLedger/MonoLedger.py

# A ledger and calculator for Monopoly games
# Enables equal distributions to all (other) players
# This was the original experiment

numPlayers = 0
accounts = []
# accounts[0] is the pot, players are after that

def printBalances():
    for account in accounts:
        print(account[0] + ": " + str(account[1]))

def initialize():
    global numPlayers
    global accounts
    numPlayers = int(input("How many players (>1)? "))
    if numPlayers < 2:
        initialize()
        return
    startingValue = int(input("How much for each player? "))
    accounts.append(["Pot",0])
    while len(accounts) < numPlayers + 1:
        i = len(accounts)
        accounts.append(["Player " + str(i), startingValue])
    print ("Created:\n")
    printBalances()
    print("Let the game begin!\n")

def play():
    global accounts
    playing = True
    while playing:
        option = input("[b]alances, [s]end, [q]uit: ")
        if option == "q":
            print("Game over!")
            playing = False
        if option == "b":
            printBalances()
        if option == "s":
            fromAcc = input("From (Choose pot, bank, or 1-" +
                         str(numPlayers) + " for players): ")
            toAcc = input("To (Choose pot, bank, 1-" +
                          str(numPlayers) +
                          " for players, or all): ")
            amount = int((input("Amount (integer): ")))
            #DEBIT
            if fromAcc != "bank":
                if fromAcc == "pot":
                    fromAcc = 0
                else:
                    fromAcc = int(fromAcc)
                accounts[fromAcc][1] = accounts[fromAcc][1] - amount
            #CREDIT
            if toAcc != "bank":
                if toAcc == "all":
                    remainder = amount
                    i = 1
                    while remainder > 0:
                        if i != fromAcc:
                            remainder -= 1
                            accounts[i][1] += 1
                            i += 1
                        if i > numPlayers:
                            i = 1
                else:
                    if toAcc == "pot":
                        toAcc = 0
                    else:
                        toAcc = int(toAcc)
                    accounts[toAcc][1] = accounts[toAcc][1] + amount
            printBalances()

initialize()
play()