[Tutor] High Low Game

[David Hutto]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Raquel <raquel.adams at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am new to Python, and have hit a WALL.  Any help is appreciated!   Below
> is what I have so far, for the "High Low Game"...when I try to run it,
> nothing happens, so I have been unable to finish it.  I am sure it is
> something simple...
> #assignment 2 part 1 high low
> def main():
>      print " Pick a number between 1 and 1000 and I will try to guess it"
>      print "in no more than 10 tries. After each guess, enter 0 if I"
>      print "got it right, -1 if I need to guess lower, and 1 if I need to"
>      print "guess higher."
> high=1000
> low=1
> tries=1
> while high > low:
>      ave=(high+low)/2
>      print "My guess is", ave,
>      guess=int(raw_input("Please enter '-1','0',or '1'):"))
>      print guess
>      if guess == 0:
>           print "That took 1", tries, "guesses."
>
>      elif guess == -1:
>           print "I will guess lower."
>      elif guess == 1:
>           print "I will guess higher."
>      else:
>           print "Pick a number between 1 and 1000 and I will try to guess
> it"
>           print "in no more than 10 tries.  After each guess, enter 0 if I"
>           print "got it right, -1 if I need to guess lower, and 1 if I need
> to"
>           print "guess higher."
main()
>
move main() outside the while loop.

This will get the car started, but haven't looked for other flaws in the engine

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