It's a bad variable name is all. It could be
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious = input
But, it's not really descriptive. A better name would probably be
raw_user_guess = input
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool, that is sorta how I wrote it before though they haven't gone over
> elif yet. As a result of that I deleted 'g = input("Guess the number: ")'
> and it kept complaining about the variable not being defined. Question
> though:
> could we change the 'g' to some other letter...... never mind! I just
> tried it with 'w' and it works. What does that digit represent?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Sesso <sesso@djsesso.com> wrote:
>
>> elif is what you want to use. Here try this. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> elif = else if
>>
>> I added the g=0 because the variable needed to be defined.
>> Same with guess.
>>
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>> print("Welcome.")
>> g=0
>> guess = int(g)
>> while guess != 5:
>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>> guess = int(g)
>> if guess < 5:
>> print("Guess higher.")
>> elif guess > 5:
>> print("Guess lower.")
>> else:
>> print("Correct.”)
>>
>> jason
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Okay Jason, I did it your way. The resulting code being 2 lines shorter.
>> Unfortunately I still have the same problem as before (that being if the
>> guess is wrong it gives no suggestion as to higher/lower but rather just
>> asks you to guess again):
>>
>> python 1-30guess.py
>> Welcome.
>> Guess the number: 0
>> Guess the number: 0
>> Guess higher.
>> Guess the number: 9
>> Guess lower.
>> Guess the number: 8
>> Guess lower.
>> Guess the number: 7
>> Guess lower.
>> Guess the number: 6
>> Guess lower.
>> Guess the number: 5
>> Guess lower.
>> Correct.
>>
>> here is the code:
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>> print("Welcome.")
>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>> guess = int(g)
>> while guess != 5:
>> g = input("Guess the number: ")
>> guess = int(g)
>> if guess < 5:
>> print("Guess higher.")
>> else:
>> print("Guess lower.")
>> print("Correct.")
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Sesso <sesso@djsesso.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> however it does give suggestions on subsequent guesses....
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@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@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> that makes sense... thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Sesso <sesso@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@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nope. that didn't fix it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Amit Nepal <amit@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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