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Author: Todd Millecam
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: python code
it's randint, not randinit

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:15 PM, James Dugger <>
wrote:

> 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")

>>>>>>>>>
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