Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.121 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.76; '*S*': 0.00; 'that?': 0.05; 'counting': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'assistance!': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'left,': 0.16; 'subject:games': 0.16; 'subtract': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'second': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'anyone': 0.31; 'figure': 0.32; 'up.': 0.33; 'guess': 0.33; 'totally': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'problem.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'thanks': 0.36; 'example,': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'solving': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'number,': 0.60; 'tell': 0.60; 'new': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'total': 0.65; 'p.s.': 0.66; 'here': 0.66; 'off,': 0.84; 'subject:skip:g 10': 0.84; 'hopes': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cuy7e1pjuQxMgMLF8jdqu85jr18P88XboabKq3XYhi8=; b=kN6ZoOmQxu4q+61HSAs/pI6WqXdvRhmGFEKtSL9gxonDY8KfsegKcyarK0+kiAti01 1DLKFbYh1sHGk6fc+nw/wAtVg46jXj7ax5x0wtOgWAQR6l5RY/HajxSm22qRJ9sS0Yws c0Z5dIAoEB9IUOYbrhVw5r6260xfthlLvZsuWzh6eURx31mOIKtRN3Nsdmed2n2AtSZk RZumC9MrMUX8GMcLueyixIwPsU0E8PQTckTrsWgbpv79iyNPTISbKsS3IxWCfdrEHOVJ i8l+d3/qrI9J3WkkDFKBdKAAVlFkddEWox23c4IUb3kmp1t4PL3+o5ra/9CIzIhc+dNo z7CA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.97.8 with SMTP id dw8mr717358vdb.91.1365587061015; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:44:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <0e8b4a09-3d1d-4b92-a0ef-2274a2a651c9@googlegroups.com> References: <0e8b4a09-3d1d-4b92-a0ef-2274a2a651c9@googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:44:20 +1000 Subject: Re: guessthenumber print games left From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1365587062 news.xs4all.nl 2643 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38124 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:43262 On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:39 PM, wrote: > Could anyone tell me how to make the program tell me how many games are l= eft before the first game and second game? For example, after one game of g= uess the number, I want it to tell me that i get one more game. P.S. I'm to= tally new to python (obviously), and I just added numberofgames variable in= hopes of solving this problem. am I on the right track? Thanks for any ass= istance! > numberofgames=3D1 > while numberofgames<4: > numberofgames=3Dnumberofgames+2 First off, why are you adding two? Is this a typo? You have here a counter, but it's counting up. To figure out how many games are left, just subtract the numberofgames from the total number of games that you'll be allowing - that's how many there are left. Do you know how to do that? ChrisA