Wikibooks example doesn't work

[Seymore4Head]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:59:12 -0700, Larry Hudson <orgnut at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 08/06/2014 08:48 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:43:40 +1000, Steven D'Aprano
>> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Seymore4Head wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 22:58:51 -0400, Seymore4Head
>>>> <Seymore4Head at Hotmail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>
>[snip]
>>> Ah, now things make sense! Your subject line is misleading! It's not that
>>> the wikibooks example doesn't work, the example works fine. It's that the
>>> code you added to it doesn't do what you expected. You should have said.
>>>
>> I copied it verbatim from the web page's solution.  After indenting as
>> you suggested, it does work now though.
>> Thanks
>>
>>>
>>>> A counter is added to give 3 tries to guess the number.
>>>> It is supposed to stop after count gets to 3.  It doesn't.  It just
>>>> keeps looping back and asking for another guess.
>>>
>
>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.
>
>The wikibooks solution IS correct, you understanding of the stated problem is not.
>
>My response here may sound harsh but I don't mean it to be, so please don't take it that way. 
>Python is a great language to learn -- keep it up, you'll get it!    :-)
>
>      -=- Larry -=-

It is OK.  I have a thick skin.  I also have a thick skull and need
all the help I can get.

Thanks