You may be better off using if statements.
If number is less than 5 print guess higher else print guess lower Then wrap all of that in a while loop with a condition of while less than 5. Jason > On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > however it does give suggestions on subsequent guesses.... > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com > <mailto:bmi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > here is what I have (that sorta works): > > print("Welcome.") > g = input("Guess the number: ") > guess = int(g) > while guess < 5: > g = input("Guess the number: ") > guess = int(g) > print("Guess higher.") > while guess > 5: > g = input("Guess the number: ") > guess = int(g) > print ("Guess lower.") > print("Correct") > > What I mean by 'sorta' is if the first guess is not correct it does not > give a suggestion to guess lower or higher. Why is this? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com > <mailto:bmi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > that makes sense... thanks! > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Sesso <se...@djsesso.com > <mailto:se...@djsesso.com>> wrote: > The while needs to before input so that it will wait for input if the > variable is not equal to 5. > > Jason > > >> On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com >> <mailto:bmi...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> nope. that didn't fix it. >> >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Amit Nepal <a...@amitnepal.com >> <mailto:a...@amitnepal.com>> wrote: >> You would probably want to wait and ask for the input inside the loop as >> well. What you seem to be doing is you ask for input and then you execute >> the loop not letting the user input the new number and thus running into an >> infinite loop. >> >> This might fix it, not tested though :) >> >> print("Welcome.") >> g = input("Guess the number: ") >> guess = int(g) >> >> while guess != 5 >> print("Guess again.") >> guess = int(g) >> print("Correct") >> >> >> Thanks >> Amit >> On 4/13/2015 11:01 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> print("Welcome.") >> g = input("Guess the number: ") >> guess = int(g) >> while guess != 5: >> print("Guess again.") >> print("Correct") >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> <http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> <http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > <http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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