[Tutor] Stephen Mik-Almost Brand New to Python 3.4.0-"Guess My Number" program is syntactically correct but will not run as expected

[C Smith]

I should probably clarify that this list is mainly for python2.7, correct
me if I am wrong.


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:49 PM, C Smith <illusiontechniques at gmail.com>wrote:

> That is definitely more useful information in answering your questions.
> Whenever you see the error you are getting:
>
> NameError: name 'smv_guessNumber' is not defined
>
> That means you are using a variable, in this case 'smv_guessNumber', that
> has not been created yet.
>
> The reason this is happening here is you need to import sys.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Stephen Mik <
> mik.stephen at yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Dear Python Tutor:
>>     Well,I am Stephen Mik,and I'm a beginning,rookie programmer who is
>> just trying to get a class Assignment going. The instructor of my class
>> does not accept email and she is not on Campus on Monday. So,my only
>> recourse is to turn to Python Tutor for assistance.
>>
>>     My program, Assignment4,does run partially. You can see the results
>> of the Python Shell attached to this email. I also have included part of my
>> code for your perusal.
>>
>>     I must be doing something very wrong. The program is supposed to run
>> a main loop ,for control of the program. The program DOES print out the
>> prompts before the While Loop, but when it comes to a variable
>> named"smv_guessNumber" the program DOES NOT prompt for the input for
>> "smv_guessNumber" as it should. It is a mystery to me as to why the program
>> will not get to the "smv_guessNumber=int(input("Think out a first
>> guess:")". I am mystified why it doesn't reach that point in the program!
>> Can anyone please help? I have attached the Python Traceback Error
>> Output,which shows that at least part of the program IS working. I also
>> have attached part of the code for the Assignment 4 which should help in
>> the debugging.I need help ASAP,another program is due very soon and I have
>> not even worked out the pseudocode for it yet!
>> CONCERNED,Stephen W. Mik
>>
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