On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 11:34:13PM +0000, Lelani Slabber wrote:
> I have to add code so the user has a limited number of tries - in this
> case I have set it to less than 5 in the while loop and I want the
> program to stop if the tries are equal to 5. I get an invalid syntax
> error. Please help.
Are we playing "Guess My Error" now? Yay, I love that game!
Actually I don't. Please in future copy and paste the entire error
message you get. It usually shows very useful information, such as the
actual line causing the error.
In this case I can guess that you're probably getting a syntax error on
the following:
[...]
> tries=tries+1
> print("too low")
> guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
> else:
The else is not paired with any if. else, like elif, can only follow an
if, and must be indented to the same level:
if something:
indented block
elif something else:
indented block
else:
indented block
You can have any number of "elif" blocks per "if", but no more than one
"else" block per "if".
--
Steven
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