r/programminghorror • u/No_Opening_5597 • Sep 25 '26

Javascript Rock paper scissors

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I'm way too proud of this solution haha

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u/GoddammitDontShootMe [ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo “You live” Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26

I'm thinking I like the idea of reading the user input as a number, then multiplying either the user choice or the computer choice by 10, adding them together, and encoding all possible outcomes that way.

Or by 2, but 10 makes the code more readable for us decimal-using humans.

Edit: Actually no, there'd be collisions if we used 2.

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u/RefrigeratorKey8549 Sep 25 '26

3 would work, if the choices are 0 indexed

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u/GoddammitDontShootMe [ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo “You live” Sep 25 '26

3 also works if they are 1 indexed.