[Tutor] Random Number Question

[Jeff Goodwin]

Thanks Adam, that was a typo on my part, in the program the print is
actually indented. Any other suggestions?

Thanks again!
Jeff



On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Adam Bark <adam.jtm30 at gmail.com> wrote:

>   On 24/11/10 21:51, Jeff Goodwin wrote:
>
>   Hello,
>
> I'm trying to find a way to use the random.randint function to generate a
> random number, but everytime I run the program it locks up IDLE. Here is
> what I have so far:
>
> import random
>
> def main():
>      x = input("Enter a number: ")
>      y = input("Enter a different number: ")
>
>      z = random.randint(x,y)
>
> print "The random number between ", x, " and ", y, " is ", z
>
> main()
>
> Can you tell me where I'm going wrong here? When I run the program it
> allows me to enter the numbers for x and y, then freezes.
>
> Thanks!
> Jeff
>
>
>
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> Your print statement isn't indented. It should print "the random number
> between" and then throw an exception I think. You should either move the
> print statement into the function or have main return x, y, z and print the
> return values of it.
>
> HTH.
>
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