Hello, I am teaching myself python using the book: Python Programming for Absolute Beginners, 2nd edition by Michael Dawson. I am using python 2.7.1.
In chapter 3 we are learning to use structures (while, if, elif) to write a program that has the user guess a number between 1 and 100. Here is the code for the baseline program: ------------- start -------------- # Guess My Number # # The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100 # The player tries to guess it and the computer lets # the player know if the guess is too high, too low # or right on the money import random print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!" print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100." print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n" # set the initial values the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1 guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: ")) tries = 1 # guessing loop while (guess != the_number): if (guess > the_number): print "Lower..." else: print "Higher..." guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: ")) tries += 1 print "You guessed it! The number was", the_number print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n" raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.") ------------------- end --------------------- The book asks to write a version of this program that limits the number of guess the user can take. I have tried to write this program, and I am getting some run time errors. Can anybody take a look at my code and give me some advice or hints? Thanks! ---- start --- # Number Guessing Game Version 2 # # The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100 # The player tries to guess and the computer tells # the player if the guess is high or low or correct # The player has to guess the number in less than 7 tries. # # 1/12/2011 import random # welcome the player to the game print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!" print "\nI am thinking of a number between 1 and 100." print "Try and guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n" # Set the initial values the_number= random.randrange(100) + 1 guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: ")) tries = 1 # Guessing loop while guess != the_number: while tries > 7: if guess > the_number: print "Lower..." else: print "Higher..." guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: ")) tries += 1 print "You guessed it! The number was: ", the_number print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n" print "Wow, you suck at this, you should be able to solve this in 7 attempts or less" raw_input("Press Enter to exit the program.") ------- end ----- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list