Determine your next move

In the Empire State Building bet, your next move depends on the number of eyes you throw with the dice. We can perfectly code this with an if-elif-else construct!

The sample code assumes that you're currently at step 50. Can you fill in the missing pieces to finish the script?

This exercise is part of the course

Intermediate Python for Data Science

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Exercise instructions

Roll the dice. Use randint() to create the variable dice.
Finish the if-elif-else construct by replacing ___:
- If dice is 1 or 2, you go one step down.
- if dice is 3, 4 or 5, you go one step up.
- Else, you throw the dice again. The number of eyes is the number of steps you go up.
Print out dice and step. Given the value of dice, was step updated correctly?

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Import numpy and set seed
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(123)

# Starting step
step = 50

# Roll the dice


# Finish the control construct
if dice <= 2 :
    step = step - 1
elif ___ :
    ___
___ :
    step = step + np.random.randint(1,7)

# Print out dice and step

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