Opposite version of the game: Plz help me debug

Question

So I've tried to build an app of what Kenneth mentioned in the end of the video: User input a number between 1 and 10, and let the computer guess which number it is.

Here is my code, and can be executed. But I have some bugs:

How do I limit user input within 1 and 10?
How do I limit computer not to guess more than 5 times?
Seems like I didn't ask computer to adjust its answer to make a lower or higher guess. How can I do it?

Any idea, please?

# I give a number
# Ask the computer to guess
# Compare and adjust the number

import random

def game():
    try:
        secret_num = int(input("Please give a number between 1 and 10, for computer to guess: "))
    except ValueError:
        print("{} isn't a number or beyond scope".format(secret_num))
        game()
    else:          
        guesses = []    
        while len(guesses) < 5:
            computer_guess = random.randint(1, 10)

            if computer_guess > secret_num:
                print("Computer guessed '{}' but my number is lower.".format(computer_guess))
                continue
            elif computer_guess < secret_num:
                print("Computer guessed '{}' but my number is higher.".format(computer_guess))
                continue
            else:
                print("Yeah! You got it right!")
                break

            guesses.append(computer_guess)

        else:
            print("Dear computer, you lost 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("Bye~")

game()

Answer 1 · 2016-08-27T11:51:02Z

August 27, 2016 11:51am

1. How do I limit user input within 1 and 10?

If the computer is guessing, the player should not have to input the number. Just ask the player to think of a number between 1 and 10.

2. How do I limit computer not to guess more than 5 times?

You can use a for loop:

for try in range(0,5):

Then if the loop ends before winning, the computer can admit defeat.

3. Seems like I didn't ask computer to adjust its answer to make a lower or higher guess. How can I do it?

For each guess, ask the player if the guess is correct, too high, or too low. Then, reduce the guessing range:

computer_guess = random.randint(low, high)

Start low and high at 1 and 10, and for each "too high" guess, set high to guess - 1, and for each "too low" guess, set low to guess + 1.

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