Okay, so today I decided to mess around with creating a simple program to track scores between Vasco and Botafogo, two Brazilian soccer teams. I’m not a huge programmer or anything, but I like to tinker, and this seemed like a fun little project.
Getting Started
First, I brainstormed what I wanted this thing to do. Basically, I just wanted to be able to:
- Input a score for Vasco.
- Input a score for Botafogo.
- Keep a running tally of the total scores.
- Maybe show which team was winning.
The Process
I decided to use Python, because it is what I am most familiar with . I fired up my text editor and started with some basic variables:
I created a loop so I could keep entering scores without restarting the program. Inside the loop, I used `input()` to get the scores for each team.I also use try…except…ensure that input value must be int,or it will raise error.
Then, I added the new scores to the running totals. Pretty straightforward, right?
Figuring Out the Winner
The last part was determining which team was ahead. I just used a simple `if/elif/else` statement to compare the total scores:
I threw in a little message to display who was winning, or if it was a tie.
Running Into a Snag
I thought about error handling, like what if the number equals strings or float,I need use try…except
The Result
It’s nothing fancy, I know,but it is good for me, I made it step by step!