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Python

Posted by Matt Shields
Matt Shields
2,332 Points

In Python Basics, why won't my Numbers Game work in Workspace?

In Python Basics, why won't my Numbers Game work in Workspace? I'm copying the code shown in the course, but for some reason the game won't work on my Workspace even though it's working in the lesson version.

What am I missing?

Code Below:

Matt Shields
Matt Shields
2,332 Points 
import random

# generate a random number between 1 and 10
secret_num = random.randint(1, 10)

while True:

# get a number guess from the player

  guess = int(input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: "))

# compare guess to secret number

if guess == secret_num: 
    print("You got it! My number was {}" .format(secret_num))
break
else:
    print("That's not it!")

 # print hit/miss

1 Answer

james south
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james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Points

indentation is important in python to demarcate blocks of code. here you have a while loop and an if statement, but they are separate blocks of code because they are at the same level of indentation (none). consequently, the while loop is not including the conditional, and thus runs infinitely. it only asks for an integer as input and has no way to stop or break. to fix, indent your if statement block to the same level as the guess, so it is inside the while loop. inside the if statement block, you also need to move the break statement over to the same level as the print call above it.

Matt Shields
Matt Shields
2,332 Points

Perfect, thanks for your help James.