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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Number Game Refinement

David Lawson
David Lawson
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Posted by David Lawson
David Lawson
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Any reason why he didn't count the no of guesses in the simpler way?

So I did as Kenneth suggested and tried implementing the solution before watching the video... And I managed to!! Although I did it a bit differently to him.

So when counting how many guesses, he created a list and made sure that every attempt added a 'guess' to the list. When the length of the list == 5 then it's game over.

What I did is create a n_guesses var and assigned it a value of 0. Every incorrect guess added 1 to the sum (so n_guesses += 1) and I added an overarching if so that if n_guesses < 3 then it would run the game, else it would end.

Any reason why he did it differently? Seems more complicated than it should be.

Thanks

James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,199 Points
James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,199 Points

It's been a while, but I can only suggest that both versions work of course, however, Kenneth's method stores the values of each guess, your approach does not.

If there was a need at some point to display the incorrect guesses to the user then storing them in a list and checking the length to trigger the end of the game is an approach that works

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

While both approaches work, tracking the previous guesses allows options on handing if previously guessed characters count as a strike or can be forgiven. It also allows unique output on repeated guesses.

There might be a speed advantage to using an integer over the list length, but it would need to be simulated to be sure.