How to create a guessing game using while loop in Python
Overview
The
whileloop in python is used to execute a code block multiple times. They are often used in building interactive programs and games.
In this shot, we want to create a guessing game that will return a congratulatory message to a user after making a correct guess. We will use the while loop in writing this code.
Code
Let’s try the below-given code by providing the input in the, Enter the input below, block:
correct_guess=9guess_count=0guess_limit=3while guess_count<guess_limit:guess = int(input('Guess a number: '))guess_count += 1if guess == correct_guess:print('Congratulations! You won!')breakelse:print('sorry you lost')
Enter the input below
Output
The output on successful guess will be:
Guess a number: 9
Congratulations! You won!
Explanation
Here’s the explanation of the above-given code:
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Lines 1-3: We are creating integer variables
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Line 4: Using the while loop, we stated a condition that the variable guess_count should be less than the variable guess_limit. In other words, the number of guesses the user has to make should not exceed 3.
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Line 5: We request the user input the correct guess and convert it to an integer value simultaneously.
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Line 6: We increment the variable guess_count by 1.
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Line 7: We are using the
ifstatement within the loop stating that if the user made a guess, that is equal to the value of the correct_guess. -
Line 8: We are displaying/printing the congratulatory message if the condition at line 7 is true.
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Line 9: We use the
breakstatement to terminate the loop. -
Line 10: We are using the
elsestatement to return another output if the conditions provided in the previous codes are not met, or they are false. -
Line 11: We are displaying/printing the sorry message.
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