Sounds like a circular import problem: lookup circular import in Python. On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- James *Linkedin *