[Tutor] while loops

[Alan Gauld]

On 14/12/11 22:41, rog capp wrote:

> # Guessing loop
> while  guess != the_number:
>
>      if guess>  the_number:
>      else:
>
>      guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
>      tries += 1
>
> If he/she fails to guess the number after a certain number of attempts
> then it displays a message about his failure.It needs to be a while
 > loop cause it the topic I'm at.
> Can anyone give me some help on where to put the loop.

You already have one. Look at the code above, see the while?
You do not need another one.

And you are already counting how many times round the loop you go.

So all you need to do is use that counter to stop the while
loop when it reaches a given value.

Currently the loop stops when guess == the_number
You would like it to also stop when your counter reaches the limit.

Do you know how to do that? Have a go and tell us how you get on.

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Alan G
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