Alex Pavluck wrote: > I am trying to write the following code to block up evaluation and > prompting for entering new information. However, when I break the loop > in one object and then return it does not start at the beginning again > but rather at the point where it exited. Can someone look at the > following code and give me some feedback. > If you want a loop, write a loop.
eval() is a built-in function. Better leave the names of builtins as they are. > > yournum = input("I am thinking of a number between 1 and 100.\n Guess > which number: ") > mynum = (yournum-5) > If the users first guess is 2, mynum becomes -3... Better use this - to ensure 100 >= mynum >= 1, and the user can guess right on 1st try. import random mynum = random.randint(1,100) input evaluates a user-supplied string, and is a bit dangerous. (Run your original program, and give "mynum" as your second guess.) So use yournum = int(raw_input("I am thinking... you could use one while loop instead of two functions and one global variable. while (yournum != mynum): if yournum < mynum: print "Too low." else: print "Too high." yournum = int(raw_input("Guess again:")) print "You got it!" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list