New to programming question

[Steve Holden]

Joal Heagney wrote:
> Bengt Richter wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 07:46:41 GMT, Joal Heagney <joal at bigpond.net.au> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Oh goddammmnitttt. I seem to be doing this a lot today. Look below 
>>> for the extra addition to the code I posted.
>>>
>>> Joal Heagney wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's my contribution anycase:
>>>>
>>>> count = 0
>>>> # Get first input
>>>> name = raw_input("Guess my name: ")
>>>> # Give the sucker two extra goes
>>>> while count < 2:
>>>>    # Check the value of name
>>>>    if name == 'Ben':
>>>>        print "You're right!"
>>>>        break
>>>>    else:
>>>>        name = raw_input("Try again: ")
>>>
>>>
>>>       # Here's the bit I missed out.
>>>       count += 1
>>>
>>>> # Of course, we haven't checked the sucker's last guess
>>>> # so we have to do that now.
>>>> if count == 2:
>>>>    if name == 'Ben':
>>>>        print "You're right!"
>>>>    else:
>>>>        print "No more tries for you!!!"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>> Joal
>>>
>>>
>>> GRRRRRRRR.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Need something more straightforward, e.g., a wrapped one-liner:
>>
>>  >>> def guess(n=3): print ("You're right!", 'No more tries for 
>> you!!!')[n-1 in
>>  ...    (x for x in xrange(n) for t in [raw_input('Guess my name: 
>> ')=='Ben']
>>  ...    if not t or iter([]).next())]
> 
> 
> Okay, now in my opinion, that's just too complex to give to a newbie as 
> a suggested implementation. :)
> 
> Joal

I suppose this would be far too easy to understand, then:

pr =['Guess my name', 'Wrong, try again', 'Last chance']
for p in pr:
   name = raw_input(p+": ")
   if name == "Ben":
     print "You're right!"
     break
else:
   print "Loser: no more tries for you"

regards
  Steve
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