FAQ: Learn Python- Loops - Your own while / else

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Alot of the time when fill the raw input, the text gets spammed and uses all of the guesses

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from random import randint

# Generates a number from 1 through 10 inclusive
random_number = randint(1, 10)

guesses_left = 3
# Start your game!

while guesses_left > 0:
  guess = int(raw_input("Your guess: "))
  if guess == random_number:
    print "You win!"
    break
  guesses_left -= 1
else:
  print "You lose."

when I couldn’t fix the code myself, I even referenced the given solution. But for some reason I’m still getting an error message—

Your guess: 4
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “python”, line 10, in
ExecTimeoutException: Program took too long to terminate.

So I get one chance to enter my guess and then you can see what happens. This is a bug, right?

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I’m getting a similar problem. I used the given solution and still got -

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “python”, line 9, in
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ‘’

It’s not the first exercise I’ve got an error message on with code identical to the solution, I’ve also seen the same one you got.

When I tried this code, i refreshed the page after I got this error. It’s a bug and you can refresh your page for the program to work.

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Somehow this problem still exists and I found that writing “guesses_left = guesses_left -1” fixed it despite doing exactly the same thing

I have the same issue even when I run the solution. However, when I refreshed the page it started working properly.

from random import randint

Generates a number from 1 through 10 inclusive

random_number = randint(1, 10)

guesses_left = 3

Start your game!

while guesses_left > 0:
guess = int(raw_input(“Your guess:”))
if guess == random_number:
print “You win!”
break
guesses_left = guesses_left -1

else:
print “You lose!”

Your guess:Traceback (most recent call last):
File “python”, line 9, in
ExecTimeoutException: Program took too long to terminate.
“I just does not make any sense!”

My codes are:

from random import randint

Generates a number from 1 through 10 inclusive

random_number = randint(1, 10)

guesses_left = 3

Start your game!

while guesses_left > 0:
guess = int(raw_input("Your guess: "))
if guess == random_number:
print “You win!”
break
else:
guesses_left -= 1
print “You lose.”

The solution is:
from random import randint

Generates a number from 1 through 10 inclusive

random_number = randint(1, 10)

guesses_left = 3

Start your game!

while guesses_left > 0:
guess = int(raw_input("Your guess: "))
if guess == random_number:
print “You win!”
break
guesses_left -= 1
else:
print “You lose.”