[Tutor] number game

[Jonathon Sisson]

Mike,

The algorithm you use is what causes the infinite loop (it cycles
through the same numbers repeatedly).  I've updated the code and I'll
post it here:

def num(number):
    r=input("range >")
    ran=range(r+1)
    guess=r/2
    print guess
    guesses=1
    min = 0
    max = r
    while guess!=number:
        if guess < number:
            min = guess
        else:
            max = guess
        guess = (min + max) / 2
        guesses += 1
        print guess
    print "i got the number",number,"in",guesses,"guesses"



mike viceano wrote:
> i wrote a program that guesses number in the most effective way i could 
> think of but i keep running into endless loops any help fixing it would be 
> great :)
>
> here it is:
>
>
> def num(number):
>     r=input("range >")
>     ran=range(r+1)
>     guess=r/2
>     print guess
>     guesses=1
>     while guess!=number:
>         if guess < number:
>             guess= ((r-guess)/2)+guess
>             print guess
>             guesses=guesses+1
>         elif guess > number:
>             guess= ((r-guess)/2)-guess
>             print guess
>             guesses=guesses+1
>     print "i got the number",number,"in",guesses,"guesses"
>
>
>
> my only idea is to make it so it dosint re guess numbers but i would rather 
> just find out what is wrong
> and fix it
>
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