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Python

Posted by Haris Mikudim
Haris Mikudim
1,642 Points

My 'chances' does not stop at zero in the "PICK THE NUMBER ANY NUMBER GUESSING GAMES" can someone look at my code please

import random chances=5 print("Enter the MAGIC number from 1-10") print("You have 5 chances")

MAGIC=random.randint(1,10)

while True: guess=input("Enter Guess here: ") guess=int(guess) if guess==MAGIC: print("Winner") break elif guess<MAGIC: print("HIGHER") chances-=1 print("You have {} chances left".format(chances))

elif guess>MAGIC: chances-=1 print("LOWER") print("You have {} chances left".format(chances)) elif chances==0: print("You lose")
break

1 Answer

Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 Points

I found your error, you have to change "elif chances == 0" to "if chances == 0". There was no way the if logic would have entered on that case because the number is always equal, lower or higher that the magic number, so you have to check if it is zero separately.

import random

chances = 5
MAGIC = random.randint(1, 10)

while True:
    guess = int(input("Enter guess here: "))
    if guess == MAGIC:
        print("win")
        break

    elif guess < MAGIC:
        print("HIGHER")
        chances -= 1
        print("You have {} chances left".format(chances))

    elif guess > MAGIC:
        chances -= 1
        print("LOWER")
        print("You have {} chances left".format(chances))

    if chances == 0 :   #changed "elif" for "if"
        print("You lose")
        print("The Magic number was {}".format(MAGIC))
        break
Haris Mikudim
Haris Mikudim
1,642 Points

Thanks for the help