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Help with Python number guessing game

Help with Python number guessing game, im getting a syntax error that i need some help with

Andrew.G	20 Jun, 2009 - 06:57 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 20 Jun, 2009 Posts: 4 My Contributions	CODE print "Hello, what is your name?" userName = raw_input() print " Hi " + userName + ", I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20, can you guess what it is?" import random random = random.randomint(1,20) print "take a guess" guess = raw_input() if (guess > random) print "Your guess is too high" elif (guess < random) print "Your guess is too low" elif (guess == random) print "Good job " + userName + ", you guessed my number" print "The game is over" would somebody please tell me what i am doing wrong, help is much appreciated P.S- This is written in Python This post has been edited by Andrew.G: 21 Jun, 2009 - 05:38 AM
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shadhin	RE: Help With Python Number Guessing Game 21 Jun, 2009 - 06:02 AM Post #2
D.I.C Regular Joined: 16 Sep, 2008 Posts: 421 Thanked: 19 times Dream Kudos: 3650 My Contributions	Take a look at the below code- CODE import random print "Hello, what is your name?" userName = raw_input() print " Hi " + userName + ", I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20, can you guess what it is?" random = random.randint(1,20) guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:")) if guess > random: print "Your guess is too high" elif guess < random: print "Your guess is too low" elif guess == random: print "Good job " + userName + ", you guessed my number" print "The game is over"
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Andrew.G	RE: Help With Python Number Guessing Game 21 Jun, 2009 - 11:44 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 20 Jun, 2009 Posts: 4 My Contributions	OK thanks, I'm guessing my problems were the parenthesis and the not defining the guess as an integer?
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shadhin	RE: Help With Python Number Guessing Game 21 Jun, 2009 - 04:59 PM Post #4
D.I.C Regular Joined: 16 Sep, 2008 Posts: 421 Thanked: 19 times Dream Kudos: 3650 My Contributions	Yes, there were error both in syntax of if statement and comparing a string with a number.
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Andrew.G	RE: Help With Python Number Guessing Game 21 Jun, 2009 - 05:40 PM Post #5
New D.I.C Head Joined: 20 Jun, 2009 Posts: 4 My Contributions	im getting a syntax error that highlights the "gues" part of guess in the "your guess is too high string", i think something is messed up with python
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shadhin	RE: Help With Python Number Guessing Game 21 Jun, 2009 - 06:50 PM Post #6
D.I.C Regular Joined: 16 Sep, 2008 Posts: 421 Thanked: 19 times Dream Kudos: 3650 My Contributions	This code run successfully- CODE import random print "Hello, what is your name?" userName = raw_input() print " Hi " + userName + ", I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20, can you guess what it is?" random = random.randint(1,20) guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess:")) if guess > random: print "Your guess is too high" elif guess < random: print "Your guess is too low" elif guess == random: print "Good job " + userName + ", you guessed my number" print "The game is over" Check if any piece of code is changed or not. If you have modified your code, then resubmit it so i can review it.
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Andrew.G	RE: Help With Python Number Guessing Game 21 Jun, 2009 - 07:33 PM Post #7
New D.I.C Head Joined: 20 Jun, 2009 Posts: 4 My Contributions	ok, i ran it again and it worked, thanks a bunch!
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