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Python

Posted by Bridie Begbie
Bridie Begbie
785 Points

Number Guessing Game - code from vid doesnt run!?

I'm trying to run the script from the video but it's not working. The error seems to be for line 7 which is "while len(guessed_nums) < allowed_guesses". Can anyone one tell me what's wrong?

random_num = random.randint(1, 10)

guessed_nums = [] guessed_nums.append(player_num) allowed_guesses = 5

while len(guessed_nums) < allowed_guesses guess = input(“Guess a number between 1 and 10:”)

try:
    player_num = int(guess)
except:
    print (“That’s not a whole number!”)
    break

if not player_num > 0 or not player_num < 11:
    print (“That’s too high a number!”)
    break

if player_num == rand_num: print (“ You win! My number was {}.”.format(rand_num)) print (“ It took you {} tries.”.format(len(guessed_nums))) break

else: if rand_num > player_num: print (“Nope! My number is higher than {}. Guess #{}.”.format(player_num, len(guessed_nums))

else:
    if rand_num < player_num:
        print (“Nope! My number is lower than {}. Guess #{}.”.format(player_num, len(guessed_nums)))
    continue

if not rand_num in guessed_nums: print (“Sorry! My number was {}.”.format(rand_num))

Bridie Begbie
Bridie Begbie
785 Points

ignore how the code is chopped up by the windows! I just pasted the whole script in so not sure why it's displaying like this!

3 Answers

Matthew Kinzler
Matthew Kinzler
605 Points
Matthew Kinzler
Matthew Kinzler
605 Points

Add a : after your while loop.

while len(guessed_nums) < allowed_guesses:

guess = input(“Guess a number between 1 and 10:”)

Bridie Begbie
Bridie Begbie
785 Points
Bridie Begbie
Bridie Begbie
785 Points

It think my problem is to do with the indents for the else part. Hate tabs so much! I've taken them out and put them back in so many times! Error message is saying line 30 which is the 2nd else. Ive tried it aligned with the else above and indented further than the else above, neither seems to run.

if player_num == rand_num: print ("You win! My number was {}.".format(rand_num)) print ("It took you {} tries.".format(len(guessed_nums))) break

else:
    if rand_num > player_num:
        print ("Nope! My number is higher than {}. Guess #{}.".format(player_num, len(guessed_nums))
    else:
        print ("Nope! My number is lower than {}. Guess #{}.".format(player_num, len(guessed_nums)))
continue

if not rand_num in guessed_nums: print ("Sorry! My number was {}.".format(rand_num))

Matthew Kinzler
Matthew Kinzler
605 Points
Matthew Kinzler
Matthew Kinzler
605 Points

The "if rand_num > player_num" condition is missing a closing parenthesis.