numbers_game

Question

import random 
def game():
    # generate a random number from 1 to 10
    secret_num = random.randint(1, 10)
    guesses = []
while len(guesses) < 5:
    try:
        # get a number guess from the player
        guess = int(input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: "))
    except ValueError:
        print("{} isn't a number!".format(guess))

else:
        # compare guess to secret number
        if guess == secret_num:
            print("you got it! my number was {}".format(secret_num))
            break
        elif guess < secret_num:
            print("my number is greater than {}".format(guess))
        else:
            print("my number is less than {}".format(guess))  
        guesses.append(guess)

else:
    print("you didnt get it my number was {}".format(secret_num))
play_again = input ("do you want to play again Y/n")
if play_again.lower() != 'n':
    game()
else:
    print("peace out ")
game()
for the most part this has worked but when I enter something that isn't number it says "4 is not a number" 
ex. 
Guess a number between 1 and 10: 3                                                                                                                                              
my number is greater than 3                                                                                                                                                     
Guess a number between 1 and 10: water                                                                                                                                          
3 isn't a number! 
why doesn't it say "water isn't a number"?

Steven Parker · Accepted Answer

That's because "guess" is assigned using the result of converting the input to a number.   If that conversion fails, "guess" still contains the last number that was successfully converted.
To do what you have in mind, you can add another variable to keep the original answer around and use it in message:
py
    try:
        # get a number guess from the player
        answer =input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: ")
        guess = int(answer)
    except ValueError:
        print("{} isn't a number!".format(answer))

Tobiah Woeltjen · Answer

It seems like this is incorrect in the video.
Steven, you answer helped me figure out how to fix this.
Another way to do this would be 
python
try:
    # get a guess from the player
    guess = input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: ")
    guess = int(guess)   # just reassign the value
except ValueError:
    print("{} is not a number!".format(guess))

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