This was made with Al Sweigart’s Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python course.
import random def drawBoard(board): print(board[7]+'|'+board[8]+'|'+board[9]) print('-+-+-') print(board[4]+'|'+board[5]+'|'+board[6]) print('-+-+-') print(board[1]+'|'+board[2]+'|'+board[3]) def inputPlayerLetter(): letter='' while not (letter == 'X' or letter == 'O'): print('Do you want to be X or O?') letter = input().upper() if letter=='X': return ['X', 'O'] else: return ['O', 'X'] def whoGoesFirst(): if random.randint(0, 1) == 0: return 'computer' else: return 'player' def makeMove(board, letter, move): board[move] = letter def isWinner(bo, le): return ((bo[7] == le and bo[8] == le and bo[9] == le) or (bo[4] == le and bo[5] == le and bo[6] == le) or (bo[1] == le and bo[2] == le and bo[3] == le) or (bo[7] == le and bo[4] == le and bo[1] == le) or (bo[8] == le and bo[5] == le and bo[2] == le) or (bo[9] == le and bo[6] == le and bo[3] == le) or (bo[7] == le and bo[5] == le and bo[3] == le) or (bo[9] == le and bo[5] and bo[1] == le)) def getBoardCopy(board): boardCopy = [] for i in board: boardCopy.append(i) return boardCopy def isSpaceFree(board, move): return board[move]==' ' def getPlayerMove(board): move = ' ' while move not in '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'.split() or not isSpaceFree(board,int(move)): print('What is your next move? (1-9)') move = input() return int(move) def chooseRandomMoveFromList(board, movesList): possibleMoves = [] for i in movesList: if isSpaceFree(board,i): possibleMoves.append(i) if len(possibleMoves) != 0 : return random.choice(possibleMoves) else: return None def getComputerMove(board, computerLetter): if computerLetter == 'X': playerLetter = 'O' else: playerLetter = 'X' for i in range(1, 10): boardCopy = getBoardCopy(board) if isSpaceFree(boardCopy, i): makeMove(boardCopy,computerLetter, i) if isWinner(boardCopy, computerLetter): return i for i in range(1, 10): boardCopy = getBoardCopy(board) if isSpaceFree(boardCopy, i): makeMove(boardCopy,playerLetter, i) if isWinner(boardCopy, playerLetter): return i move = chooseRandomMoveFromList(board, [1, 3, 7, 9]) if move != None: return move if isSpaceFree(board, 5): return 5 return chooseRandomMoveFromList(board, [2, 4, 6, 8]) def isBoardFull(board): for i in range(1, 10): if isSpaceFree(board, i): return False return True print('Welcome to Tic-Tac-Yoe!') while True: theBoard = [' '] * 10 playerLetter, computerLetter = inputPlayerLetter() turn = whoGoesFirst() print('The ' + turn + 'will go first.') gameIsPlaying = True while gameIsPlaying: if turn == 'player': drawBoard(theBoard) move = getPlayerMove(theBoard) makeMove(theBoard ,playerLetter, move) if isWinner(theBoard, playerLetter): drawBoard(theBoard) print('Hooray! You have won the game!') gameIsPlaying = False else: if isBoardFull(theBoard): drawBoard(theBoard) print('The game is a tie!') break else: turn = 'computer' else: move = getComputerMove(theBoard, computerLetter) makeMove(theBoard, computerLetter, move) if isWinner(theBoard, computerLetter): drawBoard(theBoard) print('The computer has beaten you!You lose.') gameIsPlaying = False else: if isBoardFull(theBoard): drawBoard(theBoard) print('The game is a tie!') break else: turn = 'player'