Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-02 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 2, 2014, at 12:38 AM, Larry Hudson org...@yahoo.com wrote: Another 'problem' is what you failed to mention in your post, but is apparent from the instructions that you posted -- this assignment is NOT the complete program, just the beginning of one. Your instructor obviously wants

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-02 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 1, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: Another consideration: Susan's code is written for Python 3, but you seemed to be using Python 2. You'll find that the code won't even run on your version of Python. (If you have the chance, ask if the course writer would

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-02 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 2, 2014, at 6:40 PM, Scott W Dunning swdunn...@cox.net wrote: This is what Im having trouble with now. Here are the directions I’m stuck on and what I have so far, I’ll bold the part that’s dealing with the instructions if anyone could help me figure out where I’m going wrong.

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-02 Thread Ben Finney
Scott W Dunning swdunn...@cox.net writes: This is what Im having trouble with now. Once again, Scott, this discussion should be happening at the Tutor forum. Please don't continue the fragmentation of this discussion; keep the discusson over at the Tutor forum. -- \ “I like to fill my

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-02 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 2, 2014, at 8:52 PM, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au wrote: Once again, Scott, this discussion should be happening at the Tutor forum. Please don't continue the fragmentation of this discussion; keep the discusson over at the Tutor forum. Sorry, I was just replying to replies to

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-02 Thread Dave Angel
Scott W Dunning swdunn...@cox.net Wrote in message: Here are the directions I’m stuck on and what I have so far, I’ll bold the part That assumes that people can see which parts of your message are bold. Rather a poor assumption in a text list like these two python forums. You should be

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-01 Thread Susan Aldridge
Try this def guess1(upLimit = 100): import random num = random.randint(1,upLimit) count = 0 gotIt = False while (not gotIt): print('Guess a number between 1 and', upLimit, ':') guess= int(input()) count += 1 if guess == num:

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-01 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 1, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Susan Aldridge susanaldridge...@gmail.com wrote: Try this def guess1(upLimit = 100): import random num = random.randint(1,upLimit) count = 0 gotIt = False while (not gotIt): print('Guess a number between 1 and', upLimit, ':')

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Scott W Dunning swdunn...@cox.net wrote: print('You got it in ', count, 'guesses.') Thanks Susan! The only problem is he wants us to do it without loops because we haven’t learned them yet. I need to use the variables and function names that he’s given

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-01 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 1, 2014, at 9:35 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Without loops, one part of your assignment is going to be tedious, unless the intent is to only allow for one guess per run. No, 10 guesses per game. Yes very tedious and repetative. from random import

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-01 Thread Larry Hudson
On 03/01/2014 05:11 PM, Scott W Dunning wrote: On Mar 1, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Susan Aldridge susanaldridge...@gmail.com wrote: Try this def guess1(upLimit = 100): import random num = random.randint(1,upLimit) count = 0 gotIt = False while (not gotIt): print('Guess a

Help with Guess the number script

2014-02-28 Thread Scott W Dunning
Hello, i am working on a project for learning python and I’m stuck. The directions are confusing me. Please keep in mind I’m very ne to this. The directions are long so I’ll just add the paragraphs I’m confused about and my code if someone could help me out I’d greatly appreciate it! Also,

Re: Help with Guess the number script

2014-02-28 Thread Ben Finney
Scott W Dunning swdunn...@cox.net writes: Hello, i am working on a project for learning python and I’m stuck. The directions are confusing me. Please keep in mind I’m very ne to this. Scott, please default to asking these “covered in a beginner Python course” questions at the Python tutor