[Tutor] Guess my number game

[Lelani Slabber]

Hi,
 
I am learning Python witht Python for beginners book by Michael Lawson and have trouble with one task in chapter 3 - challenge 3.
 
I have to add code so the user has a limited number of tries - in this case I have set it to less than 5 in the while loop and I want the program to stop if the tries are equal to 5.  I get an invalid syntax error.  Please help.
 
# 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.randint(1, 100)
guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1
# guessing loop
while (guess != the_number) and (tries <5):
    if guess == the_number:
        print("You guessed it")
             
    else:
        if guess > the_number:
            tries=tries +1
            print("Higher...")           
            guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
        else:
            tries=tries+1
            print("too low")
            guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
            else:            
                if tries == 5:
                    break
   
print("You guessed it!  The number was", the_number)
print("And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n")
  
input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
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