On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:58:00 +1000, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Seymore4Head ><Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote: >> I want to give the computer 100 tries to guess a random number between >> 1 and 100 picked by the computer. >> > >Suggestion: Be up-front about this being a homework assignment. Most >of us can tell anyway, and it's more honest that way :) > >So, since this is homework, I'm not going to give you the answer. What >I'll do is point you in the direction you need to go. > >The most important problem isn't in your code, it's actually here: > >> The program fails when guess=pick > >In Python, a program doesn't simply fail. It might do the wrong thing >(in which case you should tell us both what it does and what you >expect it to do), or it might terminate with an exception traceback. >Those tracebacks are incredibly useful; when you're asking for help >with a failing program, pasting the entire traceback, including the >full error message, is extremely helpful. > >In this case, though, what I'm seeing is that the program will >errantly keep looping when it gets it right. (Not infinitely as you >have the "count < 100" check, but it still loops more than it should.) >So what you need to do is tell it to stop looping when it gets the >right guess. Do you know how to do that? > >ChrisA No homework. This is just for personal enrichment. Stopping the program when guess==pick is not really what I want the program to do, but it that is what I am limited to do, that will have to do. I am also unable to get that working at the moment. More trial and error with the break statement is what I will be doing next. Thanks -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
