delete the extra 'tries += 1' after
else:
print "Higher..."
tries += 1 #delete this
while at it, and add this line as the first line in function ask_number()
global the_number, tries
good luck.
Edwin
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of garywood
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:56 PM
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: very newbie question
stuck on python for absolute beginners
chapter 6
i actually done what i was supposed to do use the function ask_number for guess
a number
but for some reason it does not count correctly the number of tries
# Guess My Number
#
# 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
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
def ask_number():
the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1
while (guess != the_number):
if (guess > the_number):
print "Lower..."
else:
print "Higher..."
tries += 1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries += 1
ask_number()
print "You guessed it! The number was", the_number
print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"
raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
The information contained in this message and any attachment may be
proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work
product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader
of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or
agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination,
distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
If you have received this communication in error, please notify me
immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all
copies and backups thereof. Thank you.
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
