My Python Ran.Number acts weird

Question

Once you execute this code it should ask the user for his guess for random number already generated.
It is pretty standard random quiz generator which I made up some time later after taking Python Basic Course making sure I understood the concept.
What is super weird and the reason I am asking here is this:
Once you get the number right and you say No for question whether you want to play again it will quit as intended. However if you ask first time yes and second time no, the program asks twice for user input no/yes  and if you enter no second time, it will quit. 
NO idea why.
Help?
P.S. I know this can be made shorter and also there are some parts that can be made easier - normally I would clean it up right away - however this mystery just keeps bugging me and I cannot focus on this code anymore without thinking about it.
```
import random
def game(x,y):
    con = True
    count = 0
    ranNum = random.randint(x,y)
    while con:
        userInput = int(input("Take a guess between these numbers {} and {}: ".format(x,y)))
        count +=1
        if userInput == ranNum:
            print("You got it!")
            print("Number of tries: {}.".format(count))
            print("Play again?")
            while True:
                again = input("> ")
                if again.lower() == "yes":
                    game(x,y)
            elif again.lower() == "no":
                con = False   
                break
    elif userInput < ranNum:
        print("Wrong! Try higher!")
    elif userInput > ranNum:
        print("Wrong! Try lower!")
game(5,10)
```

Umesh Ravji · Accepted Answer

Hi Michal, the problem here is that inside your loop you are calling the game method again, creating another game loop. If you say yes 5 times, then you will have to say no 5 (or maybe 6) times to actually get out of the game.
```python
Play again?
no
no
no
no
no
```
Updated
```python
import random
def game(x,y):
    con = True
    count = 0
    ranNum = random.randint(x,y)
    while con:
        userInput = int(input("Take a guess between these numbers {} and {}: ".format(x,y)))
        count +=1
        if userInput == ranNum:
            print("You got it!")
            print("Number of tries: {}.".format(count))
            print("Play again?")
            while True:
                again = input("> ")
                if again.lower() == "yes":
                    ranNum = random.randint(x, y)  # regenerate random num
                    count = 0  # reset count variable
                    break  # go back to the outer loop
                    # game(x,y)
                elif again.lower() == "no":
                    con = False
                    break
        elif userInput < ranNum:
            print("Wrong! Try higher!")
        elif userInput > ranNum:
            print("Wrong! Try lower!")
game(5,10)
```

Kenneth Love · Answer

@Umesh Ravji (https://teamtreehouse.com/umeshravji) has the right idea: you're constantly running the game function. I'd recommend trying return game(x, y) instead of the while True variant that Umesh suggested, but their suggestion is 100% appropriate.
(p.s. @Alexander Davison (https://teamtreehouse.com/xela888), please stop tagging me on every post. We have a large and active community and I like to give other people a chance to answer questions. Often they'll skip answering a question once they see that a teacher or other staff member has been alerted to it.)

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