[Tutor] random number generator

[Jerry VanBrimmer]

I'm no Python wizard, I'm still learning myself. But I think you need
another "if" statement to check if "guess" is equal to "number".

if guess == number:
    print "Congratulations!"


Something like that.



On 10/4/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing a little program to test a theory and as part of teaching
> myself Python. I've only been at this about a week now. I have a
> program that "should" work but doesn't. It generates a random number
> between 1 and 2 out to 10 decimal places. I think there is something
> wrong with how my random number is generated or defined or how my
> guesses are defined. I added a line to tell me what the random number
> is and then if I enter it as a guess it doesn't match and exit the
> loop. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Here is a sample output:
>
> ---
> I'm thinking out to 10 decimal places. Good luck.
>
> 1.14981949962
> Make a guess: 1.14981949962
> Higher...
> Make another guess: 1.14981949963
> Lower...
> 1.14981949963
> Make another guess:
> ---
>
> Here is my code:
>
> ---
> # Number guessing game
> #
> # The computer will choose a number between 1 and 2 (to ten decimal places)
> # and the player will try to guess the number. The program will tell the
> # player the number is either higher or lower than the number they guessed.
> import random
> import os
> os.system("clear")
> print "\nWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
> print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 2."
> print "\nYes, that's right. Between 1 and 2."
> print "\nYou have heard of decimals right? Well, I'm"
> print "\nthinking out to 10 decimal places. Good luck.\n"
> # set random value
> random.seed()
> number = random.random() + 1
> print number
> guess = float(raw_input("Make a guess: "))
> tries = 1
> # the guess loop
> while (guess != number):
>     if (guess > number):
>         print "Lower..."
>     else:
>         print "Higher..."
>     guess = float(raw_input("Make another guess: "))
>     tries += 1
> print "Congratulations! You guessed my number! The number was", number
> print "It took you only", tries, "tries!\n"
> # end
> ---
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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