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Switch_player

As explained in Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition

switch_player is a book-specific Python function that returns the other player's number when the game continues or preserves the current player's number when the game ends.

switch_player is a Python function for changing turns in the Bogart dice game. It returns the other player's number when the game continues, but preserves the current player's number when the game has ended. section 10.4.2

The function separates turn-switching from the rest of the game's control logic:

  • Accepts player 1's chips, player 2's chips, the latest dice rolls, and the current player number. section 10.4.2
  • Changes 1 to 2 or 2 to 1, then returns the resulting current-player number. section 10.4.2

Turn at the end of a game

If current_player is 1 and game_over(player1, player2, rolls) is false, switch_player returns 2. If the game is over, it returns 1 instead.

How Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition covers it

How deep it goes
Defines four inputs and explains the game-over guard and 1-to-2 alternation, without descending into implementation internals.
Examples
Uses the Bogart game, player numbers 1 and 2, chip totals, and the latest dice-roll list.
What it assumes
Assumes familiarity with player numbers, chip totals, dice rolls, function parameters, return values, and game_over.
What you can do after
Build it from scratch as a helper function that safely advances turns in a two-player Python game.
How it connects
Connects functions, game state, game_over, turns, and top-down design.
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