Wikibooks example doesn't work

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Thu Aug 7 01:06:46 EDT 2014


Larry Hudson <orgnut at yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> writes:

> I just took a look at that web page, and I see what your problem
> actually is...

> You are misunderstanding the problem. The problem does NOT say to end
> the loop at three tries, just to keep track of the number of tries.
> It's not actually specific, but the implication is that AFTER the loop
> display a message depending on the number of actual tires.

Could it be re-phrased to state the exercise requirements more clearly?
Maybe you could edit the wiki page to prevent future confusion on this
exercise.

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