First python program, syntax error in while loop

[John Gordon]

In <af59d0cb-5ca3-42ab-83c3-2be84da8015d at googlegroups.com> ryankoch38 at gmail.com writes:

> I've got it working! I'm really enjoying python :) But now i'd like to make it break out of the while loop when the user guesses more than 5 numbers and fails

The "Congratulations" message is inside the while loop; that's why it
always prints.

To break after five guesses, you could change the while loop to this:

    while (guess != number) and (tries < 5): 

And then after the while loop, put this if statement:

    if (tries < 5):
        print "\nCongratulations! You guessed my number in", tries, "tries"

    else:
        print "Sorry, you lost!"

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