On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 5:24:08 PM UTC, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On 10/29/2013 05:45 AM, Robert Gonda wrote:
>
> > Hey guys, so I figured I will give python a shot. I got to exercise that
> > has asked me to create a number guessing game which weren't a problem,
>
> > guessesTaken = 0 #This is a "Guesses taken counter"
>
> > print("Hello, what's your name?") #Asking the user to input their name
>
> > N = raw_input() #What the user's name is
>
> > import random #This is importing the random function
>
> > number = random.randint(1, 999) #This tells the random function to generate
> > a random number between 1 to 1000
>
> > print(N + ", I'm thinking of a number between 1-1000") #Not needed but
> > tells the user their name and tells them that it's thinking of a number
> > betweeen 1 to 1000
>
> > while guessesTaken < 10:
>
> > print('Take a guess.')
>
> > guess = input()
>
> > guess = int(guess)
>
> > guessesTaken = guessesTaken + 1
>
> > if guess < number: #Says that if the guess is too low it will print a
> > message saying that the guess is too low
>
> > print('Your guess is too low.')
>
> > if guess > number: #Says that if the guess is too high it will print a
> > message saying that the guess is too high
>
> > print('Your guess is too high.')
>
> > if guess == number:
>
> > break #Breaks the loop, meaning it will continue to loop for 10
> > times while giving them messages from above depending on their results
>
> > if guess == number:
>
> > guessesTaken = str(guessesTaken)
>
> > print("Congrat's, " + N + "! You managed to get the number in " +
> > guessesTaken + " guesses!") #Tells the user they managed to guess it in x
> > number of times
>
> > if guess != number: #If the user is unable to guess the number in 10 times
> > it will stop the loop and give the user a message
>
> > number = str(number)
>
> > print("No, the right number was" + number)
>
> >
>
> > However the problem is that it also asked me to do the following : If at
> > least one of the digit guessed is right it will say "y" otherwise "n" which
> > I can't seem to do :/ any help?
>
>
>
> and
>
>
>
> On 10/29/2013 08:25 AM, Alister wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:10:30 -0700, Robert Gonda wrote:
>
> >[...]
>
> >> Now you have confused me completely, sorry im just new to python and
>
> >> just learning everything :) could you perhaps give me an example? or
>
> >> part of the code that's missing?
>
> >
>
> > you will probably learn more through trial & error than you will from
>
> > being given an answer
>
>
>
> While this is true for some people sometimes, I don't think
>
> it is always true. Very often it is easier and faster to
>
> learn something be seeing a worked out example and studying
>
> it to see how it works. This is especially true when one
>
> is new to a programming language and doesn't have a good
>
> understanding of the terminology and concepts that people
>
> who have been using the language take for granted.
>
>
>
> > to shine some more light on my advise try the following
>
> >
>
> > code="7689"
>
> > for digit in code:
>
> > print(digit)
>
> >
>
> > does this give you any Ideas on how to proceed?
>
>
>
> Robert, please see if this is what you were trying to do:
>
>
>
> -------------------------
>
> guessesTaken = 0 #This is a "Guesses taken counter"
>
> print("Hello, what's your name?") #Asking the user to input their name
>
> N = input() #What the user's name is
>
> import random #This is importing the random function
>
> number = random.randint(1, 999) #This tells the random function to generate a
> random number between 1 to 1000
>
>
>
> number_str = str (number) # Convert 'guess' to a string of digits.
>
> while len (number_str) < 3: # If there are less than 3 digits, add leading
> "0"s until it is three digits.
>
> number_str = "0" + number_str
>
>
>
> print(N + ", I'm thinking of a number between 1-1000") #Not needed but tells
> the user their name and tells them that it's thinking of a number betweeen 1
> to 1000
>
> while guessesTaken < 10:
>
> print('Take a guess.')
>
> guess = input()
>
> guess = int(guess)
>
> guessesTaken = guessesTaken + 1
>
> if guess < number: #Says that if the guess is too low it will print a
> message saying that the guess is too low
>
> print('Your guess is too low.')
>
> if guess > number: #Says that if the guess is too high it will print a
> message saying that the guess is too high
>
> print('Your guess is too high.')
>
> if guess == number:
>
> break #Breaks the loop, meaning it will continue to loop for 10 times
> while giving them messages from above depending on their results
>
>
>
> guess_str = str (guess) # Convert 'guess' to a string of digits.
>
> while len (guess_str) < 3: # If there are less than 3 digits, add
> leading "0"s until it is three digits.
>
> guess_str = "0" + guess_str
>
> if len (guess_str) > 3: guess_str = guess_str[-2:] # Make sure it is no
> longer than 3 digits.
>
> # Here, we know that 'number_str' is exactly 3 digits. 'guess_str' is at
> least
>
> # 3 digits but could be more if the user entered, for example, 34567.
>
> print ("digits matched: ", end='')
>
> for i in range (2, -1, -1):
>
> # 'i' will have the values, 2, 1, 0.
>
> if guess_str[i] == number_str[i]: print ("Y", end='')
>
> else: print ("N", end='')
>
> print()
>
>
>
> if guess == number:
>
> guessesTaken = str(guessesTaken)
>
> print("Congrat's, " + N + "! You managed to get the number in " +
> guessesTaken + " guesses!") #Tells the user they managed to guess it in x
> number of times
>
> if guess != number: #If the user is unable to guess the number in 10 times it
> will stop the loop and give the user a message
>
> number = str(number)
>
> print("No, the right number was" + number)
>
> -------------------------
>
>
>
> Some comments...
>
> guess_str[-2:]
>
> you want to read about "slices" in the Python docs, for example
>
> http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/introduction.html#strings
>
> The -2 means indexing starts counting from the right end of the string
>
> rather than the left had the index been positive.
>
>
>
> print ("Y", end='')
>
> The end='' means don't print a newline after printing the "Y" string.
>
> See http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#print
>
>
>
> Also, what Mark and Rusi were trying to say (not very clearly)
>
> is that when you post from Google Groups, Google Groups insert
>
> a lot of empty lines in the ">" the at the top of the message.
>
>
>
> Look at your message,
>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.python/6WMfzbtIyi8/AV4sce1zPicJ
>
> (make sure to click the "- show quoted text -" link!)
>
> to see what everybody who doesn't use Google Groups sees.
>
>
>
> When post a message, please try to edit you message before
>
> you send it to get rid of those blank lines. In most cases
>
> you can get rid of all the ">" text, *except* for a small
>
> amount that gives the gist of what you are responding to.
> >Thank you very much for your reply, however it gives me an error, something
> >about the "end", do you know whats wrong with it? (Still not sure if im
> >posting this right so sorry)
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