John Machin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip] > >>while counter != 0: >> if guess == num: > > [snip] > > Others have told you already what was wrong with your program. Here's a > clue on how you could possibly help yourself: > > 1. Each time around your loop, print the values of the interesting > objects, in this case counter and guess. > E.g. before the "if" statement above, put something like this: > print "guess = %r, counter = %r" % (guess, counter) > That would have shown "guess" containing a string e.g. > guess = '42', counter = 4 > instead of an integer e.g. > guess = 42, counter = 4 > > 2. Examine the logic carefully. The answer to your second problem was > just staring you in the face -- you hadn't pulled the ripcord after the > counter became zero.
3. Sign up for the Python-tutor list. (Okay, that's not quite "helping yourself," but it's still good advice, I think). http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
