Re: very newbie question

[Ethan Furman]

garywood wrote:

stuck on python for absolute beginners
chapter 6
i actually done what i was supposed to do use the function ask_number
for guess a number
but for some reason it does not count correctly the number of tries
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# Guess My Number
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# 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
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import random
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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"
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# set the initial values
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def ask_number():
the_number = random.randrang e(100) + 1
guess = int(raw_input(" Take a guess: "))
tries = 1
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while (guess != the_number):
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if (guess the_number):
print "Lower..."
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else:
print "Higher..."
tries += 1

^-- *not needed*

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guess = int(raw_input(" Take a guess: "))
tries += 1
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ask_number()
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print "You guessed it! The number was", the_number
print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"
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raw_input("\n\n Press the enter key to exit.")
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~Ethan~