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import random


def game(ranNum, numGuesses=10):
    pick = int(input("Enter a number ---->  "))
    if pick > ranNum:
        print("Too high try again. " + str(numGuesses - 1) + " trys remaining")
        numGuesses -= 1
        game(ranNum)
    elif pick < ranNum:
        numGuesses -= 1
        print("Too low try again. " + str(numGuesses - 1) + " trys remaining")
        game(ranNum)
    elif pick == ramNum:
        print("You Won! With a total of " + str(numGuesses) + " trys remaining")
       
game(random.randint(0, 100))

Anytime I guess a number, the output is always 9 trys remaining. I would like it to count down from 10 to 0. Any help is appreciated!

That's because in if/elif statements you call game() without numGuesses parameter, which means it will always be 10 (default).
So instead do this

game(ranNum, numGuesses)

in lines 9 and 13.
As an extra suggeston: what you are doing is calling functions recursively. You would get a much safer and "cleaner" code by using a while loop instead.

(Nov-02-2018, 10:13 PM)j.crater Wrote: [ -> ]That's because in if/elif statements you call game() without numGuesses parameter, which means it will always be 10 (default). So instead do this

 game(ranNum, numGuesses) 

in lines 9 and 13. As an extra suggeston: what you are doing is calling functions recursively. You would get a much safer and "cleaner" code by using a while loop instead.

Thank you very much good sir!