Basic question from pure beginner

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Charles Yeomans a écrit :

<ot>Please don't top-post (not corrected)</ot>

> Let me offer a bit of editing.
> 
> First, using the condition count != 3 is perhaps risky.  A mistake or a 
> change in logic in the loop body might result in an infinite loop.  So 
> instead I suggest
> 
> while count < 3...
> 
> Second, I'd suggest storing the value 3 in a variable with a name that 
> describes it.

Pretty sensible suggestion, but then:

> MaxAttempts = 3

follow conventions instead :

MAX_ATTEMPS = 3


(snip)

> Finally, I'd remove correct_password_given from the loop test, and 
> replace it with a break statement when the correct password is entered.

Then using a while loop and manually incrementing a counter is a waste 
of time - using a for loop would be simplier and less error-prone.