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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Number Game Takeaways

Posted by Mahmoud Galal
Mahmoud Galal
553 Points

How can I get the computer to vary the number it is guessing?

I am trying the extra credit assignment and I managed to make the script to work for the purpose of the assignment:

import random

mynum = int(input("Enter Your number, but only make it between 1 and 10"))

comnum = random.randint(1,10)

comguess = []

while len(comguess) < 5: if comnum == mynum: print ("i figured it out") elif comnum > mynum or comnum < mynum : print ("Ok i cannot figure it out, I guessed {}.".format(comnum)) comguess.append(comnum)

My concern here is that the computer keeps guessing the same number.. How do I get the computer to move towards the right answer? Do I have to write two for loops? one with += and the other with -= ??

Can someone also please tell me as to why the computer does not intuitively just randomize it's choice despite already using the random module?

Thanks! :)

1 Answer

Jeremiah Bushau
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 Points
Jeremiah Bushau
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 Points

Hi, try putting comnum inside the while loop.

import random

mynum = int(input("Enter Your number, but only make it between 1 and 10"))

comguess = []

while len(comguess) < 5:
    # put comnum inside the while loop so that it creates a new random number each iteration
    comnum = random.randint(1,10)
    if comnum == mynum:
        print ("i figured it out")
        # added break here incase the number is guessed before the list is > 5
        break
    elif comnum > mynum or comnum < mynum:
        print ("Ok i cannot figure it out, I guessed {}.".format(comnum))
        comguess.append(comnum)