Python While Loop
# the below game will help you see how you can use while in Python
# we can use the random number generator
from random import randint
# docstring: https://peps.python.org/pep-0257/
logo = '''
❓❓❓ WELCOME TO GUESS THE NUMBER ❓❓❓
'''
# display logo
print(logo)
# randomly generate a number
answer_num = randint(1, 100)
print(answer_num)
# number of turns, start at 0
num_of_turns = 0
# game difficulty
game_level = input('Choose game difficulty - type "easy" or "hard": ').lower()
# check what the user chose
# user chose easy - num_of_turns will be assigned the value of 5
if game_level == 'easy':
num_of_turns = 5
# user chose easy - num_of_turns will be assigned the value of 3
elif game_level == 'hard':
num_of_turns = 3
# user typed something random - num_of_turns is not updated, stays 0
else:
print('invalid entry.')
# continue guess (flag): this will make it possible for us to get out of the loop
continue_guess = True
while continue_guess == True:
if num_of_turns < 1:
print('goodbye!')
continue_guess = False
else:
# user guess
guess_number = int(input('guess a number between 1 and 100: '))
if guess_number > answer_num:
num_of_turns -= 1
print(f'guess too high! | {num_of_turns} turns remaining.')
elif guess_number < answer_num:
num_of_turns -= 1
print(f'guess too low! | {num_of_turns} turns remaining.')
elif guess_number == answer_num:
# user won, get out of the loop
print(f'You guessed it right! | correct guess: {guess_number}')
# update your flag from True to False to get out of the loop
continue_guess = False
else:
# user typed something random, get out of the loop
print('invalid entry!')
continue_guess = False
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