[Tutor] Need a Solution!

[Wayne]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Raj Medhekar <cosmicsand27 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> This email contains another modified code that I tried working with but
> still doesn't do the job right, although performs closer to what i want. 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
> <snip>
> Modified Code #2 (Better than the last one but still not right)
> # 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 and tries <5:
>     if guess > the_number:
>         print "Lower..."
>     else:
>         print "Higher..."
>
>     guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:"))
>     tries += 1
>
>     if tries > 5:
>         guess == the_number
>         print "You're right"
>     else:
>         print "You lose"
>
> raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit")
>

Why don't you write out your requirements in English - that usually helps!

>From what I can tell it's really all fine until the last part...

so what you might say is:

after the user enters a guess, if the number of guesses is over 5, then
check if the guess is correct. If the guess is correct, print "You win!" and
finish the game. Otherwise, print "You lose!" and ask the user if they would
like to try again.

Now see if you can translate that into code.
HTH,
Wayne
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