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From: Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: First python program, syntax error in while loop
Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 13:37:48 +0100
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On 06/05/2013 13:06, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> On 2013-05-03, John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> wrote:
>> In <auil2vFijo4U1@mid.individual.net> Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> writes:
>>
>>> Not quite yet. Players who guess correctly on the fifth try don't
>>> get credit.
>>
>> Are you sure?  tries is initialized to zero and isn't
>> incremented for the initial guess.
>
> while (number != guess) and (tries < 5):
>
> Is the condition that concludes the game.
>
> After the game, you are told you lost if tries is not less than
> five, regardless of if number == guess.
>

One of these days I'll work out why some people insist on using 
superfluous parentheses in Python code.  Could it be that they enjoy 
exercising their fingers by reaching for the shift key in conjunction 
with the 9 or 0 key?

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