On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:59:12 -0700, Larry Hudson <org...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 08/06/2014 08:48 PM, Seymore4Head wrote: >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:43:40 +1000, Steven D'Aprano >> <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> >>> Seymore4Head wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 22:58:51 -0400, Seymore4Head >>>> <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> wrote: >>>> > >[snip] >>> Ah, now things make sense! Your subject line is misleading! It's not that >>> the wikibooks example doesn't work, the example works fine. It's that the >>> code you added to it doesn't do what you expected. You should have said. >>> >> I copied it verbatim from the web page's solution. After indenting as >> you suggested, it does work now though. >> Thanks >> >>> >>>> A counter is added to give 3 tries to guess the number. >>>> It is supposed to stop after count gets to 3. It doesn't. It just >>>> keeps looping back and asking for another guess. >>> > >I just took a look at that web page, and I see what your problem actually is... >You are misunderstanding the problem. The problem does NOT say to end the >loop at three tries, >just to keep track of the number of tries. It's not actually specific, but >the implication is >that AFTER the loop display a message depending on the number of actual tires. > >The wikibooks solution IS correct, you understanding of the stated problem is >not. > >My response here may sound harsh but I don't mean it to be, so please don't >take it that way. >Python is a great language to learn -- keep it up, you'll get it! :-) > > -=- Larry -=- It is OK. I have a thick skin. I also have a thick skull and need all the help I can get. Thanks -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
