[Tutor] Need a solution.

[Raj Medhekar]

I have been having some difficulty modifying this program to where a player has limited number of guesses and if he fails to guess correctly within that number he is asked to "Try Again" The original program code and the code that I modified are given below. Thanks for your help.

Sincerely,
Raj

The Original program code:

# Guess my number
#
# The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100
# The player tries to guess it  and the computer lets
# the player know if the guess is too high, too low
# or right on the money

import random

print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100."
print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n"

# set the initial values
the_number = random.randrange(100)+1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:"))
tries = 1

#guessing loop
while guess != the_number:
    if guess > the_number:
        print "Lower..."
    else:
        print "Higher..."

    guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:"))
    tries += 1

print "You guessed it! The number was", the_number
print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"

raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit")

My modifications that don't quite work right in the code:

# Guess my number (Modified for Chapter 3 Challenge 3)
#
# The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100
# The player tries to guess it  and the computer lets
# the player know if the guess is too high, too low
# or right on the money
# The player has only Five guesses in which to guess correctly
# otherwise he loses and is asked to try again
# and the game ends

import random

print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100."
print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n"

# set the initial values
the_number = random.randrange(100)+1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:"))
tries = 1

#guessing loop
while guess != the_number:
    if guess > the_number:
        print "Lower..."
    else:
        print "Higher..."
        
    while tries < 5:
        if guess == the_number:
            print "You're right, the number is",the_number
        else:
            print "try again"
        guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:"))    
        tries += 1

    
    
raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit")


      
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