very newbie question

[Edwin.Madari at VerizonWireless.com]

delete the extra 'tries += 1'  after 
    else:
            print "Higher..."
            tries += 1  #delete this 

while at it, and add this line as the first line in function ask_number()
global the_number, tries
 
good luck.
Edwin

-----Original Message-----
From: python-list-bounces+edwin.madari=verizonwireless.com at python.org [mailto:python-list-bounces+edwin.madari=verizonwireless.com at python.org]On Behalf Of garywood
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:56 PM
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Subject: very newbie question 


stuck on python for absolute beginners 
chapter 6 
i actually done what i was supposed to do use the function ask_number for guess a number 
but for some reason it does not count correctly the number of tries 
 
# Guess My Number
#
# The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100
# The player tries to guess it and the computer lets
# the player know if the guess is too high, too low
# or right on the money
 
import random  
 
print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100." 
print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n"
 
# set the initial values
 
 
 
def ask_number():
    the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1
    guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
    tries = 1
    
    
    
    
    while (guess != the_number):
        
        
        if (guess > the_number):
            print "Lower..."
        
        else:
            print "Higher..."
            tries += 1
        
        
        guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
        tries += 1
        
        
        
        
ask_number()
 
 
 

print "You guessed it!  The number was", the_number
print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"
  
raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")




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