[Tutor] Need a Solution!

[ayyaz]

Raj Medhekar wrote:
> This email contains another modified code that I tried working with but 
> still doesn't do the job right, although performs closer to what i want. 
> I have been having some difficulty modifying this program to where a 
> player has limited number of guesses and if he fails to guess correctly 
> within that number he is asked to "Try Again" The original program code 
> and the code that I modified are given below. Thanks for your help.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Raj
> 
> The Original program code:
> 
> # 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")
> 
> My modifications that don't quite work right in the code:
> 
> # Guess my number (Modified for Chapter 3 Challenge 3)
> #
> # 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
> # The player has only Five guesses in which to guess correctly
> # otherwise he loses and is asked to try again
> # and the game ends
> 
> 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..."
>    &nbs p;   
>     while tries < 5:
>         if guess == the_number:
>             print "You're right, the number is",the_number
>         else:
>             print "try again"
>         guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:"))   
>         tries += 1
> 
>    
>    
> raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit")
> 
> Modified Code #2 (Better than the last one but still not right)
> # Guess my number (Modified for Chapter 3 Challenge 3)
> #
> # 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
> # The player has only Five guesses in which to guess correctly
> # otherwise he loses and is asked to try again
> # and the game ends
> 
> 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 and tries <5:
>     if guess > the_number:
>         print "Lower..."
>     else:
>         print "Higher..."
> 
>     guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:"))
>     tries += 1
> 
>     if tri es > 5:
>         guess == the_number
>         print "You're right"
>     else:
>         print "You lose"
>        
> raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit")
> 
> 
> 
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Hello Raj,

Here is how I would modify the original program in the book.

import random

print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100."
max_tries = 10 ##### modification
print "Try to guess it in no more than", max_tries, "attempts.\n" ##### 
modification

# 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) and (tries < max_tries): ##### modification

     if (guess > the_number):
         print "Lower..."
     else:
         print "Higher..."

     guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
     tries += 1


##### modification
if tries<max_tries:
     print "You guessed it!  The number was", the_number
     print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"
else:
     print "You exceeded the maximum number of tries allowed."
     print "The number was", the_number

raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")