Different ways of creating Python Number game!

Question

This isn't as much a question as me being very curious about how many different ways there are to create this little number game from Python Basics.

I would love to see some other code that was able to create this game besides mine and Kenneth's!

# Number game challenge!
#Players get 5 guesses.
#They must guess a random number.
#It has to be a whole number from 1 to 10
#Tell them if they are too high or too low if they guess wrong
#Tell them how many guesses they have made

import random


random_number = random.randint(1,10)
tries = 0
tries_remaining = 5


while tries < 5:
  guess = input("Guess a random number between 1 and 10. ")
  tries += 1
  tries_remaining -= 1

  try:
    guess_num = int(guess)
  except:
    print("That's not a whole number!")
    break

  if not guess_num > 0 or not guess_num < 11:
    print("That number is not between 1 and 10.")
    break



  elif guess_num == random_number:
    print("Congratulations! You are correct!")
    print("It took you {} tries.".format(tries))
    break


  elif guess_num < random_number:
    if tries_remaining > 0:
      print("I'm sorry, that number is low. You have {} tries remaining.".format(int(tries_remaining)))
      continue
    else:
      print("Sorry, but my number was {}".format(random_number))
      print("You are out of tries. Better luck next time.")



  elif guess_num > random_number:
    if tries_remaining > 0:
      print("I'm sorry, that number is high. You have {} tries remaining.".format(int(tries_remaining)))
      continue
    else:
      print("Sorry, but my number was {}".format(random_number))
      print("You are out of tries. Better luck next time.")

This was the code that I used!

Answer 1 · 2014-11-17T00:12:16Z

November 17, 2014 12:12am

This is a variation i created. How good it is I don't know but it demonstrates a large variety of concepts.

import random
import sys

random_number = random.randint(1, 10)
tries = 0
tries_remaining = 5
has_won = False


def test_number(guess_num, tries, tries_remaining, has_won):
    if not guess_num > 0 or not guess_num < 11:
        print("That number is not between 1 and 10.")
        tries -= 1
        tries_remaining += 1

    elif guess_num == random_number:
        print("Congratulations! You are correct!")
        print("It took you {} tries.".format(tries))
        has_won = True

    elif guess_num < random_number:
        if tries_remaining > 0:
            print("I'm sorry, that number is low. You have {} tries remaining.".format(int(tries_remaining)))
        else:
            print("Sorry, but my number was {}".format(random_number))
            print("You are out of tries. Better luck next time.")

    elif guess_num > random_number:
        if tries_remaining > 0:
            print("I'm sorry, that number is high. You have {} tries remaining.".format(int(tries_remaining)))
        else:
            print("Sorry, but my number was {}".format(random_number))
            print("You are out of tries. Better luck next time.")
            sys.exit()

    return (tries, tries_remaining, has_won)


def main(random_number, tries, tries_remaining, has_won):
    while tries < 5:
        guess = input("Guess a random number between 1 and 10. ")
        tries += 1
        tries_remaining -= 1

        try:
            guess_num = int(guess)
            tries, tries_remaining, has_won = test_number(guess_num, tries, tries_remaining, has_won)

        except:
            print("That's not a whole number!")
            tries -= 1
            tries_remaining += 1

        if has_won:
            break

main(random_number, tries, tries_remaining, has_won)

Answer 2 · 2015-02-15T22:27:52Z

February 15, 2015 10:27pm

Here's my shot at it:

import random

guess_counter = 0
low_limit = 0
high_limit = 10
attempts = 0
allowed_attempts = 5
player_win = False


def ask_for_a_guess(low_int, high_int):
    return input("Can you guess my number? It's between {} and {}. ".format(low_int, high_int ))


def guess_legality_checker(guess, low_int, high_int):
    try:
        guess = int(guess)
        if guess > high_int:
            print("I'm sorry, that guess is too high.")
            return False
        if guess < low_int:
            print("I'm sorry, that guess is too low.")
            return False
        print("Hey, that's a good guess...")
        return True
    except:
        print("No, that's either not a number, or it's a fraction.")
        return False


def compare_numbers(target_int, guessed_int):
    if guessed_int < target_int:
        print("But my number is higher!")
        return False
   elif guessed_int > target_int:
        print("But my number is lower!")
        return False
    else:
        print("Wow, you got it!!")
        return True


random_int = random.randint(low_limit, high_limit)

guess = ask_for_a_guess(low_limit, high_limit)

while attempts < allowed_attempts:
    if guess_legality_checker(guess, 0, 10):
        attempts += 1
        if compare_numbers(random_int, int(guess)):
            print("Only took you {} tries!".format(attempts))
            player_win = True
            break
        else:
            guess = input("Try again:")
            continue
    else:
        guess = input("Try again:")
        continue

if False == player_win:
    print("Sorry, you've used all {} turns.  My number was {}".format(allowed_attempts, random_int))

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