however it does give suggestions on subsequent guesses.... :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Michael Havens 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 wrote: > >> that makes sense... thanks! >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Sesso 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 wrote: >>> >>> nope. that didn't fix it. >>> >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Amit Nepal 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") >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >