If you use a while loop, the player will have unlimited guesses, unless you put some kind of counter in there.
You should use a for loop for the game and a while loop to repeat the game as many times as you wish. You can increase or decrease the number of guesses allowed.
Python range works like this: range(start, stop, step)
my_range = range(1, 21, 2)
my_range.start # returns 1
my_range.stop # returns 21
my_range.step # returns 2
my_range.index(17) # returns 8
my_range.index(18) # produces an error because 18 is not in my_range
"""
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: 18 is not in range """
These 2 for loops both produce the same result:
for i in myrange:
print(i)
for i in range(1, 21, 2):
print(i)Output:
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
randint(1,10) may turn out any of the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 which is a bit unusual in Python, because often the last number is not included, for example in a for loop.
Using a
while loop to loop over games and a
for loop to play the game:
from random import randint
# function to play the game
def gnum(num):
print('The number to guess is somewhere in the range 1 to 10, inclusive.')
print('You have 4 guesses. If you do not guess the number, you will receive an electric shock!')
print('Resistance is useless, as is insulation!')
print('Let the challenge begin ... ')
for i in range(0,4):
print(f'This is guess number {i+1} from a total of 4 guesses ... ')
#print(f'num = {num}.')
# the problem here is, when the input is not an integer, you will get an error
# think of a way to check that!
guess = int(input('Enter a number from 1 to 10. '))
if guess == num:
print('You guessed right！ No electric shock for you!')
return
elif guess < num:
print(f'Your guess {guess} is too low.')
elif guess > num:
print(f'Your guess {guess} is too high.')
print('O-oh! Get ready for 40 000 volts of taser!')
answer = 'x'
# keep playing the game until q is entered
while not answer == 'q':
answer = input('Enter anything, except q, to play. Enter q to quit. ')
if answer == 'q':
break
else:
num = randint(1, 10)
# if you want to see the number to be guessed
#print(f'num = {num}.')
gnum(num)Shocking!
