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i'm totally new to Python and I've been watching YouTube videos to get started with the language. In one of the videos, it showed us how to build a guessing game using while loops & if statements. I did the same, but it doesn't seem to work for me.

secret_word = "harry"
guess = ""
guess_count = 0
guess_limit = 3
out_of_guesses = False

while guess != secret_word and not(out_of_guesses):
    if guess_count < guess_limit:
        guess = input("Enter your guess: ")
        guess_count += 1
    else:
        out_of_guesses = True

if out_of_guesses:
    print("Out of guesses. Better luck next time!")
else:
    print("Congrats! You win!")

It gives me 3 tries, just like I specified. But when I type in the right word, it doesn't do anything. How do I fix this?

I see the problem. the loop will keep going and won't go to the if statement because your not out of guesses

secret_word = "harry"
guess = ""
guess_count = 0
guess_limit = 3
out_of_guesses = False
  
while guess != secret_word:
    if guess_count < guess_limit:
        guess = input("Enter your guess: ")
        guess_count += 1
        if guess != secret_word:
            print('try again')
    else:
        out_of_guesses = True
    if out_of_guesses == True:
        break
  
if out_of_guesses:
    print("Out of guesses. Better luck next time!")
else:
    print("Congrats! You win!")

I fixed the word guessing game. I dont know what the problem was, but I updated my 2018 PyCharm to 2019 PyCharm and it seemed to work. I have no idea why. Nevertheless, thanks for your help. But the calculator code still doesn't work. Help me with that, maybe? Thanks a lot man

I posted problem to your calculator one here - https://python-forum.io/Thread-Python-Code-doesn-t-work