[Tutor] Python Programming exercise

[Dave Angel]

Daniel Sato  wrote:

>
>
> I have been going through some Python Programming exercises while following
> the MIT OpenCourseWare Intro to CS syllabus and am having some trouble with
> the first "If" exercise listed on this page:
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Conditional_Statements#If_Exercises
>
> I have been able to make the module quit after entering a password three
> times, but can't get it to quit right away after the correct one is
> entered.  I know this is really basic, please forgive me.  I have no
> programming experience and have just started going through these tutorials.
>
> My code is here:
>
> http://python.pastebin.com/m6036b52e
>
>   
(for short functions, it's probably better to just include it in your 
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You have no context.  Are you going to actually do something with the 
password, or are you done when the confirmation has been printed out?

If the latter, just add a line after the print statement, setting count 
= 99.  You could use a break as well, but then you wouldn't have 
anything to indicate whether the password was ever correctly entered.


Normally, this would be inside a function (def), which might return a 
boolean indicating whether the password succeeded or not.  In that case, 
you might put a return instead.