Ian D wrote:
> I was looking at the example code below. I am using python 2.7.
>
> I am wondering why when I substitute the while n! = "guess" to while n!=
> guess (<-- no quotes) I get a problem?
What is that problem? The only thing I see is that the
> else:
> print "you guessed it!"
> break
branch is never executed. You remove it and instead put the
> print "you guessed it!"
statement after the loop.
> The Type string is used for the first conditional comparison in the outer
> While loop, but afterwards the Type is an int.
Not even that. The guess name is bound to an integer before the loop is
entered:
> guess = int(raw_input("Enter an integer from 1 to 99: "))
while n != guess:
...
> I would have expected the guess variable to be used as Type int as it
> seems to be cast in the raw_input statement and would be comparable to
> another int that's stored in variable n. Thanks
You have that right.
> import random
> n = random.randint(1, 99)
> guess = int(raw_input("Enter an integer from 1 to 99: "))
> while n != "guess":
> print
> if guess < n:
> print "guess is low"
> guess = int(raw_input("Enter an integer from 1 to 99: "))
> elif guess> n:
> print "guess is high"
> guess = int(raw_input("Enter an integer from 1 to 99: "))
> else:
> print "you guessed it!"
> break
> print
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