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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>stuck on python for absolute beginners
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>chapter 6 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i actually done what i was supposed to do use the
function ask_number for guess a number </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but for some reason it does not count correctly the
number of tries </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2># Guess My Number<BR>#<BR># The computer picks a
random number between 1 and 100<BR># The player tries to guess it and the
computer lets<BR># the player know if the guess is too high, too low<BR># or
right on the money</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>import random </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"<BR>print
"\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100." <BR>print "Try to guess it in as
few attempts as possible.\n"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2># set the initial values</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>def ask_number():<BR> the_number
= random.randrange(100) + 1<BR> guess = int(raw_input("Take a
guess: "))<BR> tries = 1<BR>
<BR> <BR> <BR>
<BR> while (guess !=
the_number):<BR>
<BR>
<BR> if (guess >
the_number):<BR>
print "Lower..."<BR>
<BR>
else:<BR>
print
"Higher..."<BR>
tries += 1<BR>
<BR>
<BR> guess = int(raw_input("Take a
guess: "))<BR> tries +=
1<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR> <BR>ask_number()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>print "You guessed it! The number was",
the_number<BR>print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"<BR>
<BR>raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>