On 06/12/2013 23:34, Lelani Slabber wrote:
Hi,
I am learning Python witht Python for beginners book by Michael Lawson
and have trouble with one task in chapter 3 - challenge 3.
I have to add code so the user has a limited number of tries - in this
case I have set it to less than 5 in the while loop and I want the
program to stop if the tries are equal to 5. I get an invalid syntax
error. Please help.
# 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.randint(1, 100)
guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1
# guessing loop
while (guess != the_number) and (tries <5):
if guess == the_number:
print("You guessed it")
else:
if guess > the_number:
tries=tries +1
print("Higher...")
guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
else:
tries=tries+1
print("too low")
guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
else:
Telling us where you got the syntax error often helps :) But in this
case I'd hazard a guess that it's in the line above. I'll leave you to
restructure your code as you see fit as part of your learning curve.
if tries == 5:
break
print("You guessed it! The number was", the_number)
print("And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n")
input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
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