On Wed, June 11, 2008 9:58 am, max baseman wrote:
Hi Max,
Here's your code with the indents preserved. I'll make my comments with >'s.
from random import randrange
wins=0
win=[]
count =0
while count !=5:
> To loop 5 times it is better to use:
> for count in range(5):
> stuff you want to do
> Then all the loop controlling happens in one place and it is hard to
> mess up.
number=randrange(55)+1
win.append(number)
count=count+1
powerball=randrange(42)+1
count=0
win.sort()
while count !=146107962:
numbers=[]
count2=0
while count2 !=5:
number=randrange(55)+1
> Yep, indeed, here you made the easy mistake of forgetting to + 1 to
> count2. So, it probably spun forever right there.
> I also don't see that "count" is every changed, so that would be another
> spin. All these would go away by using 'for' 'in' and 'range'.
> It looks like a fun program and a good start.
> Marilyn Davis
if number in win:
numbers.append(number)
else:
print "lose"
break
numbers.sort()
ball=randrange(42)+1
if ball==powerball:
print "win"
print
print
print win, powerball
> as a fun little project i scripted a powerball program. it seems to have a
> bug in it that i cant find.
>
> from random import randrange wins=0 win=[] count =0 while count !=5:
> number=randrange(55)+1 win.append(number) count=count+1
> powerball=randrange(42)+1 count=0 win.sort() while count !=146107962:
> numbers=[] count2=0 while count2 !=5: number=randrange(55)+1 if number in
> win:
> numbers.append(number) else:
> print "lose" break numbers.sort() ball=randrange(42)+1 if ball==powerball:
> print "win" print print print win, powerball
>
>
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