> > import random > > > > Count = 0 > > > > Random_Number = random.randint(1, 100) > > > > while Count <= 100: > > print (Random_Number) > > > > Count = Count + 1
> > There are a few issues here: > * variable names should be lower case > * for this case it's best to use for loop with range() > * you calculate random number only once, outside of loop This gave rise to an interesting behavior, though. I ran it with random outside the loop and indeed got the same number. Except the number Changed right toward the end to one other number. I got a lot of 19s, then a 17. The third time I got a lot of 23s, then a lot of 70s. This was consistent. Then I scrolled the results more slowly and realized the program ran over 25,000 times and the anomalous numbers were toward the end. So why did it run about 25,000 times and why the change in number? Here's the prog so you can see the loopvar count does increment so it Should stop at 100. import random Count = 0 Random_Number = random.randint(1, 100) Count = 0 while Count <= 100: print (Random_Number) Count = Count + 1 I found the cause. If I just print Count it only goes to 100. If I print Random_Number it goes to 25K. Is this consistent or a strange flaw of Pyscripter? Jim _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor