Hi Dave,
Yeah I found the silly mistake lol thanks for that. making progress.
Guess a number: 5
That's too high.
Guess a number: 4
That's too high.
Guess a number: 3
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "guess.py", line 34, in <module>
main(random.randint(1, 10))
File "guess.py", line 29, in main
print(responseCorrect + '! You guessed my number in ' + tries + 'guesses!')
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects
[code]import random
intro = 'I have chosen a number from 1-10'
request = 'Guess a number: '
responseHigh = "That's too high."
responseLow = "That's too low."
responseCorrect = "That's correct!"
responseWrong = "Wrong, The correct number is "
guessTaken = "Your number of guesses were "
goodbye = ' Goodbye and thanks for playing!'
allowed = 5
def getguess(target, allowed):
tries = 0
while tries < allowed:
tries += 1
guess = int(input(request))
if guess < target:
print(responseLow)
elif guess > target:
print(responseHigh)
else:
return guess, tries
def main(target):
guess, tries = getguess(target, allowed)
if guess == target:
print(responseCorrect + '! You guessed my number in ' + tries + 'guesses!')
else:
print(goodbye + ' The number I was thinking of was ' + number)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main(random.randint(1, 10)) [/code]
On Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:55:19 PM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:46:30 -0700, melwin9 wrote:
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> > Hi Terry & Dave,
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> >
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> > Thanks for the suggestions. I am running Python 2.7 and when I tried the
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> > code above it said def main(target) <- invalid syntax.
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> Did you fix the invalid syntax? Until you fix it, you're blocked.
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> As a programmer, it is completely normal to occasionally make a typo or
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> other trivial mistake that leads to invalid syntax. It's not worth
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> mentioning. You just fix it and move on.
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> It's a bit like being a cook. The recipe says, "add one tablespoon of
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> sugar", and you say "well I tried, but the spoon bangs on the lid of the
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> jar." The solution is to take the lid off first. The recipe doesn't
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> mention this, just like the recipe doesn't say "take the spoon out of the
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> cutlery drawer". You just do it.
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>
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> If you don't understand the syntax error you got, firstly try to compare
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> the bad syntax
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>
>
> def main(target)
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> blah blah blah
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> with working functions that don't give syntax errors
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> def function(arg):
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> blah blah blah
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> Can you spot the difference? Hint: the syntax error will show an arrow ^
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> pointing at the spot where it notices a problem. Can you fix the problem?
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> If so, great, move on! If not, ask for help, but remember to COPY AND
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> PASTE the entire traceback, starting with the line
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>
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> Traceback (most recent call last)
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> all the way to the end of the error message.
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> --
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> Steven
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