Scott W Dunning <swdunn...@cox.net> writes: > On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > > You've bound the name ‘current_guess’ to the user's input, but then do > > nothing with it for the rest of the function; it will be discarded > > without being used.
> Hmm, I’m not quite sure I understand. I got somewhat confused because > the directions were changed a little and current_guess was removed > from the get_guess function. Removed by whom? It is still there in the example you posted, and it's ideal for use. > Is this more like what I should be doing? > > def get_guess(guess_number): > raw_input(“Please enter a guess”) > guess_number = int(guess_number) > return (guess_number) > get_guess(1) No, that's the opposite direction :-) Inside the ‘get_guess’ function you should use as many names as you need for the different purposes. So, you have one name ‘guess_number’ bound to the function's parameter. Don't bind anything else to it! Then, for the return value from ‘raw_input’, you should choose a different suitable name and bind that name to the value (with an assignment statement). Then, for the computed result, you should choose yet another suitable name, and bind *that* name to the computed value. All these different names will make clear in the code what the meaning of each value is. -- \ “Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done | `\ for me?” —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
