for k in range (0, len(board.keys()), 3):
   #check if keys are equal here

turn = 'X'



theBoard = {'top-L': ' ', 'top-M': ' ', 'top-R': ' ',
        'mid-L': ' ', 'mid-M': ' ', 'mid-R': ' ',
        'low-L': ' ', 'low-M': ' ', 'low-R': ' '}

def printBoard(board):
    print(board['top-L'] + '|' + board['top-M'] + '|' + board['top-R'])
    print('-+-+-')
    print(board['mid-L'] + '|' + board['mid-M'] + '|' + board['mid-R'])
    print('-+-+-')
    print(board['low-L'] + '|' + board['low-M'] + '|' + board['low-R'])

def testForAWin(board):
    won = False


    if((board['top-L'] == board['top-M'] == board['top-R']) and board['top-L'] != ' '):
        won = True
    elif(board['mid-L'] == board['mid-M'] == board['mid-R'] and board['mid-L'] != ' '):
        won = True
    #to be done for diagonals and columns as well, and lowest row
    return won


for i in range(9):
    printBoard(theBoard)
    print('Turn for :' + turn + ' Choose a space : ')
    move = input()

    while not theBoard[move]== ' ':
        print('Do not try to steal a place! ')
        move = input()

    theBoard[move] = turn
    won = testForAWin(theBoard)
    if won:
        print(turn + ' wins the game!')
        break
    elif turn == 'X':
        turn = '0'
    else:
        turn = 'X'
printBoard(theBoard)

WINS = (('top-L', 'top-M', 'top-R'), ('mid-L', 'mid-M', 'mid-R'), ...)

(Apr-21-2019, 12:20 PM)ichabod801 Wrote: The way I have done this in the past is to have a list or tuple of the sets of winning keys, and iterate over that:

WINS = (('top-L', 'top-M', 'top-R'), ('mid-L', 'mid-M', 'mid-R'), ...)

The you iterate over that list, either getting the tuples of keys (for win in WINS:) or getting the individual keys (for first, second, third in WINS:).

WINS = (('top-L', 'top-M', 'top-R'), ('mid-L', 'mid-M', 'mid-R'))

for win in WINS:
    print(win)

Output:
('top-L', 'top-M', 'top-R')
('mid-L', 'mid-M', 'mid-R')