User Input
Learn how to get the user’s input in the console.
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What have we got?
We have set up taking the number of rounds from the user and the game’s introduction. This is our inventory of already created functions:
// Function to display game instructionsfunction displayInstructions(){console.log('Welcome to Rock Paper Scissors.\n');console.log('The rules are simple:');console.log('1. Rock beats scissors');console.log('2. Scissors beat paper');console.log('3. Paper beats rock');}// Function to ask for the number of roundsfunction getRounds(){let rounds;do {rounds = prompt('How many rounds would you like to play? \nRounds: ');rounds = parseInt(rounds);if (isNaN(rounds) || rounds <= 0) {console.log('Please enter a valid positive integer for rounds.');}} while (isNaN(rounds) || rounds <= 0);return rounds;}// Function to contain the flow of the whole programfunction main(){displayInstructions();const rounds = getRounds();}
Inventory of created functions
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