Ok. This IS homework ...

[spawn]

> Also, you never break out of your deepest loop, why are you using two
> nested infinite-loops anyway?
>
> Regards,
> Brett Hoerner

Ummmmmm ..because I'm new to programming?  Actually, they do end.  If I
move my "guess" variable outside the outermost loop, then it becomes
infinte.  I know, I tried it.

You guys are fast!  I'll reread my documentation and try a few more
thing (I kept telling myself that running_total and subotal don't need
to be different variables!) and see what I get.

As for that last post (I don't remember your name), ummmmmm ... WOW!
This is BEGINNING Python.  That looks far too advanced for me.