python code

[Sesso]

You may be better off using if statements.


If number is less than 5

print guess higher

else 

print guess lower

Then wrap all of that in a while loop with a condition of while less than 5.

Jason



> On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> however it does give suggestions on subsequent guesses....
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> 
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> here is what I have (that sorta works):
> 
> print("Welcome.")
> g = input("Guess the number: ")
> guess = int(g)
> while guess < 5:
>     g = input("Guess the number: ")
>     guess = int(g)
>     print("Guess higher.")
> while guess > 5:
>     g = input("Guess the number: ")
>     guess = int(g)
>     print ("Guess lower.")
> print("Correct")
> 
>  What I mean by 'sorta' is if the first guess is not correct  it does not give a suggestion to guess lower or higher. Why is this?
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> 
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> that makes sense... thanks!
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> 
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Sesso <sesso at djsesso.com <mailto:sesso at djsesso.com>> wrote:
> The while needs to before input so that it will wait for input if the variable is not equal to 5.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> nope. that didn't fix it.
>> 
>> 
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Amit Nepal <amit at amitnepal.com <mailto:amit at amitnepal.com>> wrote:
>> You would probably want to wait and ask for the input inside the loop as well. What you seem to be doing is you ask for input and then you execute the loop not letting the user input the new number and thus running into an infinite loop.
>> 
>> This might fix it, not tested though :)
>> 
>> print("Welcome.")
>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>> guess = int(g)
>> 
>> while guess != 5
>>     print("Guess again.")
>>     guess = int(g)
>>     print("Correct")
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Amit
>> On 4/13/2015 11:01 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>> print("Welcome.")
>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>> guess = int(g)
>> while guess != 5:
>>     print("Guess again.")
>> print("Correct")
>> 
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