Check for the Winner

What have we got?

We have collected all the data required to play the game. This is our inventory of already created functions:

# Import command for the 'random' library
import random

# Function to display game instructions
def display_instructions():
    print('Welcome to Rock Paper Scissors.\n')
    print('The rules are simple:')
    print('1. Rock beats scissors')
    print('2. Scissors beat paper')
    print('3. Paper beats rock')

# Function to ask for the number of rounds
def get_rounds():
    rounds = input('\nHow many rounds would you like to play? \nRounds: ')
    rounds = int(rounds)
    return rounds

# Function to get the player's choice
def get_player_choice():
    player_choice = input('\nPlease enter rock, paper, or scissors. \nChoice: ')
    return player_choice

# Function to get the computer's choice
def get_computer_choice():
    computer_choice = random.choice(['rock', 'paper', 'scissors'])
    print('Computer chooses', computer_choice)
    return computer_choice

Considering our code so far, we still lack the ability to determine the winner of a round.

What’s next?

We can create a function that compares players’ choices and returns the name of the round winner. In the main() function, we can check the name of the winner and update the scores accordingly.

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