Rock Paper Scissors Guards

Mix.install([
  {:jason, "~> 1.4"},
  {:kino, "~> 0.8.0", override: true},
  {:youtube, github: "brooklinjazz/youtube"},
  {:hidden_cell, github: "brooklinjazz/hidden_cell"}
])

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Rock Paper Scissors Guards

You’re going to recreate your rock paper scissors game using guards.

RockPaperScissors.play(:rock, :paper)
"paper beats rock!"

RockPaperScissors.play(:rock, :rock)
"draw!"

Example Solution

defmodule RockPaperScissorsGuards do
  defguard is_winner(guess1, guess2)
           when {guess1, guess2} in [{:rock, :scissors}, {:paper, :rock}, {:scissors, :paper}]

  def play(guess1, guess2) when is_winner(guess1, guess2) do
    "#{guess1} beats #{guess2}!"
  end

  def play(guess1, guess2) when is_winner(guess2, guess1) do
    "#{guess2} beats #{guess1}!"
  end

  def play(guess1, guess2) when guess1 == guess2 do
    "draw!"
  end
end

Implement the RockPaperScissorsGuards module as documented below.

defmodule RockPaperScissorsGuards do
  @moduledoc """
  Documentation for `RockPaperScissorsGuards`
  """

  @doc """
  Play rock paper scissors. Returns a string to describe who won the game.

  ## Examples

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:rock, :scissors)
    "rock beats scissors!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:paper, :rock)
    "paper beats rock!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:scissors, :paper)
    "scissors beats paper!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:rock, :paper)
    "paper beats rock!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:paper, :scissors)
    "scissors beats paper!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:scissors, :rock)
    "rock beats scissors!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:rock, :rock)
    "draw!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:paper, :paper)
    "draw!"

    iex> RockPaperScissorsGuards.play(:scissors, :scissors)
    "draw!"
  """
  def play(guess1, guess2) do
  end
end

Mark As Completed

file_name = Path.basename(Regex.replace(~r/#.+/, __ENV__.file, ""), ".livemd")

save_name =
  case Path.basename(__DIR__) do
    "reading" -> "rps_guards_reading"
    "exercises" -> "rps_guards_exercise"
  end

progress_path = __DIR__ <> "/../progress.json"
existing_progress = File.read!(progress_path) |> Jason.decode!()

default = Map.get(existing_progress, save_name, false)

form =
  Kino.Control.form(
    [
      completed: input = Kino.Input.checkbox("Mark As Completed", default: default)
    ],
    report_changes: true
  )

Task.async(fn ->
  for %{data: %{completed: completed}} <- Kino.Control.stream(form) do
    File.write!(
      progress_path,
      Jason.encode!(Map.put(existing_progress, save_name, completed), pretty: true)
    )
  end
end)

form

Commit Your Progress

Run the following in your command line from the curriculum folder to track and save your progress in a Git commit. Ensure that you do not already have undesired or unrelated changes by running git status or by checking the source control tab in Visual Studio Code.

$ git checkout -b rps-guards-exercise
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "finish rps guards exercise"
$ git push origin rps-guards-exercise

Create a pull request from your rps-guards-exercise branch to your solutions branch. Please do not create a pull request to the DockYard Academy repository as this will spam our PR tracker.

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Notify your teacher by including @BrooklinJazz in your PR description to get feedback. You (or your teacher) may merge your PR into your solutions branch after review.

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