Repeat while loop if input is a specific string

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I just created a small game and I want to repeat it if the user wants to. i created an input and after words tried to set the guess_count variable back to 0, so i thought it will trigger the while loop again.

secret_number = 8
guess_count = 0
guess_limit = 3
while guess_count < guess_limit:
    guess = int(input("Guess the number: "))
    guess_count += 1
    if guess == secret_number:
        print("You won!")
        break
else:
    print("Sorry, you failed!")
    try_again = input("Try again? ")
    if try_again == "yes":
        guess_count = 0

Asked By: Indubio

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Answer 1

playing = True

secret_number = 8

while playing:
    guess_count = 0
    guess_limit = 3

while guess_count < guess_limit:
    guess = int(input("Guess the number: "))
    guess_count += 1
    if guess == secret_number:
        print("You won!")
        break
else:
    print("Sorry, you failed!")
try_again = input("Try again? (yes/no) ")
if try_again == "no":
    playing = False

Answered By: BaxJimmy

Answer 2

Setting the guess_count back to 0 in the else block will not trigger the loop again. This is because the else block is executed after the loop has exited. You might want to move the logic to restart the loop into the loop itself. eg.

secret_number = 8
guess_count = 0
guess_limit = 3
while True:
    if guess_count >= guess_limit:
        print("Sorry, you failed!")
        try_again = input("Try again? ")
        if try_again == "yes":
            guess_count = 0
            continue
        else:
            break
    else:
        guess = int(input("Guess the number: "))
        guess_count += 1
        if guess == secret_number:
            print("You won!")
            break

Answered By: theundeadmonk

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