Nested structures question

[Physics Python]

Hello,

I am teaching myself python using the book: Python Programming for Absolute Beginners, 2nd edition by Michael Dawson. I am using python 2.7.1.

In chapter 3 we are learning to use structures (while, if, elif) to write a program that has the user guess a number between 1 and 100.

Here is the code for the baseline program:

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# 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
the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1

# guessing loop
while (guess != the_number):
    if (guess > the_number):
        print "Lower..."
    else:
        print "Higher..."
            
    guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
    tries += 1

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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The book asks to write a version of this program that limits the number of guess the user can take. I have tried to write this program, and I am getting some run time errors. Can anybody take a look at my code and give me some advice or hints?

Thanks!

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# Number Guessing Game Version 2
#
# The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100
# The player tries to guess and the computer tells
# the player if the guess is high or low or correct
# The player has to guess the number in less than 7 tries.
#
# 1/12/2011



import random

# welcome the player to the game

print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
print "\nI am thinking of a number between 1 and 100."
print "Try and guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n"

# Set the initial values

the_number= random.randrange(100) + 1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1
   
# Guessing loop


while guess != the_number:
    while tries > 7:
        if guess > the_number:
            print "Lower..."
        else:
            print "Higher..."
        guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
        tries += 1
      
    print "You guessed it! The number was: ", the_number
    print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"

print "Wow, you suck at this, you should be able to solve this in 7 attempts or less"

raw_input("Press Enter to exit the program.")

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