add boilerplate for connect-four

Author: sbtries

1 Python/labs/game_start.py

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+class Player:
+    '''
+    '   A class to represent each player
+    '   Attributes: name and color
+    '''
+
+class Game:
+    '''
+    '   A connect four game object.
+    '   Attributes: game board (7x6 2D nested list)
+    '   Methods:
+    '           get_height(position) returns int of how many pieces occupy a column
+    '           move(player,position) adds a player token to a column after figuring out the current height of the column
+    '           calc_winner(): returns True if four in a row are found
+    '           is_full(): returns true if all board positions are occupied
+    '           is_game_over(): returns true if the game is over (a winnder is found or the board is full)
+    '           play_turn(): function that plays one turn
+    '           play(): function that plays whole game, given two player
+    '           recursive_chip_checker(): recurisvely checks in all directions to find if theres a connect 4
+    '''
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # if this module is run directly, this code will run
+    # if the module is imported into another, it won't run
+
+    game = Game()
+    with open('1 Python/docs/class_code_examples/connect-four-moves.txt', 'r') as moves:
+
+        for move_num, line in enumerate(moves):
+            print(line)
+            col_to_play = int(line.strip()) - 1
+            player = 'Y' if move_num % 2 != 0 else 'R'
+            game.play_turn(player, col_to_play)
+            # OPTIONAL/BONUS: print board after each turn
+            game.is_game_over() # could be called w/in play_turn, or in a different order
+