I was wondering: after I loaded the libraries an imported randinit when I run the program it says: ImportError: cannot import name randinit does this mean I need to install something? My duckduckgo search ("ImportError: cannot import name randinit" python) gave me a big 'nothing found' message. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Todd Millecam wrote: > Here's mine, you're pretty much right on track now. I thought I'd include > this just to introduce a few new concepts and help you think a little more > like a computer. > > #!/usr/bin/env python > #This first line is really nifty, and all Linux users should be familiar > with this. > # If you pass this file into python, the first line gets ignored, but if > you pass it into bash or sh, then a # and a ! are called a magic byte, or > whiz-bang for short > # They tell bash to open the rest of this file using the program and > arguments passed on the first line. > # So this line changes my python script into a bash program, and if I had > saved this as /tmp/myguess.py, I could then, from a bash prompt type in > /tmp/myguess.py to run it > > from random import randint > # Right after the first line, it's polite to import all your libraries and > functions right at the top. This particular one says I want, from the > "random" library to get a function called "randint" > # randint returns a random integer in a specified range > # The rest of the file is my actual program > > answer = randint(0,10) > guess = int() # this is called an uninitialized integer. It has the space > of ram allocated, but no value placed in it yet. These tend to be about > 100x faster than initialized data types > while guess is not answer: #same thing as guess != answer > if guess is int(): # I only want something printed after they've > guessed > pass > else: > print("Wrong.") > #Since this part is at the same indentation level as the if and else, > it will always get executed > g = input("Guess my number: ") > guess = int(g) > print("Correct!") > > > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Sesso wrote: > >> 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 wrote: >> >> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Todd Millecam > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >