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Python

Posted by Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
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My Solution to the Number Guessing game (the one where the user guesses)

Here's my own solution to the number guessing game:

import random
import os
import sys


def clear():
    os.system("cls" if os.name == "nt" else "clear")


def start_game():    
    # make a random number
    number = random.randint(1, 100)

    guessed_times = 0

    while True:
        # show how many guesses there is left
        print("You have {}/7 guesses.".format(guessed_times))

        # ask the user for a number from 1 to a 100
        try:
            guess = input("Guess a number from 1 to a 100: (press enter to quit) ")

            # if the user wants to quit, then quit the program
            if guess == "":
                print("Bye!")
                break

            guess = int(guess)
        except ValueError:
            print("Sorry, that isn't a number!")
            continue

        # tell the user if they need to guess higher or lower
        if guess > number:
            if not guessed_times > 6:
                print("Too high! Try a lower number.")
        elif guess < number:
            if not guessed_times > 6:
                print("Too low! Try a higher number.")
        # if the user got the number, tell the user that they won
        elif guess == number:
            print("You got the number! You win! The number was {}.\n".format(number))
            play_again = input("Want to play again? (Y/n) ").lower()
            if play_again == "n" or play_again == "no":
                print("Bye!")
                sys.exit()
            else:
                print("Here we go!\n\n")
                start_game()

        # if the user guessed more than six times, tell them that they lost
        if guessed_times > 6:
            print("Too bad! You lost. The number was {}.\n".format(number))
            play_again = input("Want to play again? (Y/n) ").lower()
            if play_again == "n" or play_again == "no":
                print("Bye!")
                sys.exit()
            else:
                print("Here we go!\n\n")
                start_game()
        guessed_times += 1
        print("")


# start playing
clear()
start_game()