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Need help with simple guessing game! - ghost0fkarma - Nov-02-2018
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!
RE: Need help with simple guessing game! - j.crater - Nov-02-2018
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.
RE: Need help with simple guessing game! - ghost0fkarma - Nov-03-2018
(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 thisThank you very much good sir!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.