How would I create a text-based board for a scrabble game in python?

Question

I am currently making a text-based scrabble game using python, and I was wondering how to make a board for such a game. Do I have to individually draw out each tile, or is there a better way?

Thanks

Answer 1

Use an array:

board = [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 5,
    0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 5,
    0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 5,
    1, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1, 5,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5,
    0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 5,
    0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 5,
    4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 5,
    0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 5,
    0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 5,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5,
    1, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1, 5,
    0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 5,
    0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 5,
    4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4] #This is the real board

To loop over it, use the following code. I use termcolor.cprint() to make the text different colors, matching the background color on a true scrabble board

for k in board:
    if k == 5:
        print'\n\n',
    elif k == 4:
        cprint(' TW', 'red', attrs=[], end = ' ')
    #print 'TW',
    elif k == 3:
        cprint(' DW', 'magenta', attrs=[], end = ' ')
    #print 'DW',
    elif k == 2:
        cprint(' TL', 'blue', attrs=[], end = ' ')
    #print 'TL',
    elif k == 1:
        cprint(' DL', 'cyan', attrs=[], end = ' ')
    #print 'DL',
    elif k == 0:
        print '___',

This prints: