[wrapped lines to <80 characters per RFC 1855] On 2011-01-12, Physics Python <physicsandpyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this an indentation problem then?
That depends how you look at it. I was not clear from your code exactly where you wanted to handle things. > How do I update the sentinel within the secondary while loop. I am > trying to avoid using breaks by the way, as I can program this example > using breaks: You don't need breaks. > 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" > > the_number = random.randrange(1,101) > > tries = 0 > > while True: while can be used to test for more then a single condition at a time using and/or chains. > else: > print "You guessed it! The number was", the_number > print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n" > break > if tries == 7: > print "Wow you suck! It should only take at most 7 tries!" > break Both of these tests can be performed as part of the loop itself. The end results can therefore be tested and handled outside of the loop without using breaks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
