Python Unit Tests

[melwin9 at gmail.com]

Hi Dave,

Yeah I found the silly mistake lol thanks for that. making progress.


Guess a number: 5
That's too high.
Guess a number: 4
That's too high.
Guess a number: 3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "guess.py", line 34, in <module>
    main(random.randint(1, 10)) 
  File "guess.py", line 29, in main
    print(responseCorrect + '! You guessed my number in ' + tries + 'guesses!')
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects

[code]import random

intro = 'I have chosen a number from 1-10'
request = 'Guess a number: '
responseHigh = "That's too high."
responseLow  = "That's too low."
responseCorrect = "That's correct!"
responseWrong = "Wrong, The correct number is "
guessTaken = "Your number of guesses were "
goodbye = ' Goodbye and thanks for playing!'

allowed = 5

def getguess(target, allowed):
   tries = 0
   while tries < allowed:
     tries += 1
     guess = int(input(request))
     if guess < target:
       print(responseLow)
     elif guess > target:
       print(responseHigh)
     else:
       return guess, tries

def main(target):
   guess, tries = getguess(target, allowed)
   if guess == target:
     print(responseCorrect + '! You guessed my number in ' + tries + 'guesses!')
   else:
     print(goodbye + ' The number I was thinking of was ' + number)

if __name__ == '__main__':
   main(random.randint(1, 10)) [/code]


On Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:55:19 PM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:46:30 -0700, melwin9 wrote:
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> > Hi Terry & Dave,
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> > Thanks for the suggestions. I am running Python 2.7 and when I tried the
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> > code above it said def main(target) <- invalid syntax. 
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> Did you fix the invalid syntax? Until you fix it, you're blocked.
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> As a programmer, it is completely normal to occasionally make a typo or 
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> other trivial mistake that leads to invalid syntax. It's not worth 
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> mentioning. You just fix it and move on.
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> It's a bit like being a cook. The recipe says, "add one tablespoon of 
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> sugar", and you say "well I tried, but the spoon bangs on the lid of the 
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> jar." The solution is to take the lid off first. The recipe doesn't 
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> mention this, just like the recipe doesn't say "take the spoon out of the 
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> cutlery drawer". You just do it.
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> If you don't understand the syntax error you got, firstly try to compare 
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> the bad syntax
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> def main(target)
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>     blah blah blah
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> with working functions that don't give syntax errors
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> def function(arg):
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>     blah blah blah
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> Can you spot the difference? Hint: the syntax error will show an arrow ^ 
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> pointing at the spot where it notices a problem. Can you fix the problem? 
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> If so, great, move on! If not, ask for help, but remember to COPY AND 
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> PASTE the entire traceback, starting with the line
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> Traceback (most recent call last)
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> all the way to the end of the error message.
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> -- 
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> Steven