Charles Yeomans wrote:
Let me offer a bit of editing....
Finally, I'd remove correct_password_given from the loop test, and
replace it with a break statement when the correct password is entered.
password = "qwerty"
correct_password_given = False
attemptcount = 0
MaxAttempts = 3
while attemptcount < MaxAttempts:
guess = raw_input("Enter your password: ")
guess = str(guess)
if guess != password:
print "Access Denied"
attemptcount = attemptcount + 1
else:
print "Password Confirmed"
correct_password_given = True
break
And even simpler:
PASSWORD = "qwerty"
MAXRETRY = 3
for attempt in range(MAXRETRY):
if raw_input('Enter your password: ') == PASSWORD:
print 'Password confirmed'
break # this exits the for loop
print 'Access denied: attempt %s of %s' % (attempt+1, MAXRETRY)
else:
# The else for a for statement is not executed for breaks,
# So indicates the end of testing without a match
raise SystemExit # Or whatever you'd rather do.
--Scott David Daniels
scott.dani...@acm.org
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