While loop guessing number game python

Question

So I think I understand why the code is not running past the while statement, but I don't know how to get it to recognize the guess part of it and run through it. I've searched through several questions on the looping part, but I can't actually see execution of it.

num_answer = int(input('What should the answer be? '))
guesses = int(input('How many guesses? '))
answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))

while answer != num_answer and guesses != guesses:
    answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))
    if answer < num_answer:
       print('The number is higher than that.')
       guesses += 1
       answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))
    elif answer > num_answer:
       print('The number is lower than that.')
       guesses += 1
       answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))
    elif answer == num_answer:
       print('You win!')
    elif guesses > guesses and answer != num_answer:
       print("You lose; the number was", num_answer, ".")

Neither guesses != guesses nor guesses > guesses will ever be true. — glibdud
– glibdud, Commented Oct 9, 2017 at 18:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-09 18:52:48Z

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You are trying to compare a variable to itself. "guesses != guesses" is always going to return false so your "while" is never going to be run. You could change you guesses variable into two separate.

num_answer = int(input('What should the answer be? '))
guessesMax = int(input('How many guesses? '))
answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))

while answer != num_answer and guessesMax != guessesCount:
    answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))
    if answer < num_answer:
       print('The number is higher than that.')
       guessesCount += 1
       answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))
    elif answer > num_answer:
       print('The number is lower than that.')
       guessesCount += 1
       answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))
    elif answer == num_answer:
       print('You win!')
    elif guessesCount == guessesMax and answer != num_answer:
       print("You lose; the number was", num_answer, ".")

Also changed your last elif with a "==". But it is useless because when

guessesCount == guessesMax

the while will not be executed ;)

EDIT: You need to add

guessesCount = 0

On top for it to work. Also in your while

answer = int(input('Guess a number: '))

is executing twice, either you put it in the beggining of your loop or in each "if, elif, else" but now in both ;)

edited Oct 9, 2017 at 18:52

answered Oct 9, 2017 at 18:47

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meganium25 Over a year ago

I edited my code to add a different variable to equal guessesMax, but I can't get the while loop to end when guessesCount == guessesMax

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