Accompanying code for Advent of Code 2022 Day 2: Rock Paper Scissors Medium article

rock_paper_scissors_part1.py

sample_input = """
A Y
B X
C Z
""".strip().splitlines()

# rock, paper, scissors information from our perspective
stats = {
    'X': {'score': 1, 'beats': 'C', 'beaten by': 'B', 'draws with': 'A'},
    'Y': {'score': 2, 'beats': 'A', 'beaten by': 'C', 'draws with': 'B'},
    'Z': {'score': 3, 'beats': 'B', 'beaten by': 'A', 'draws with': 'C'},
}

WIN = 6
DRAW = 3
LOSS = 0

our_total_score = 0

for game_round in sample_input:
    # extract the opponent's move, and ours
    opponent_move, our_move = game_round.strip().split()
    
    # note our move's score
    our_move_score = stats[our_move]['score']
    
    outcome_score = 0

    # update the outcome based on if we played a 
    # winning, drawing, or losing move
    if stats[our_move]['beats'] == opponent_move:
        outcome_score += WIN
    elif stats[our_move]['beaten by'] == opponent_move:
        outcome_score += LOSS
    else:
        outcome_score += DRAW

    our_total_score += (our_move_score + outcome_score)

print(our_total_score)