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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:48:12 +1000
Subject: Re: guessthenumber print games left
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:41 PM,  <eschneider92@comcast.net> wrote:
> (Didn't mean to post the last bit.) Is this possibly what you meant? If it is I still can't figure out how to apply it to the guessthenumber program.
> numberofgames=1
> while numberofgames<4:
>     numberofgames=numberofgames+2
>     print (4-numberofgames)
>     if numberofguesses>3:
>         print(numberofgames)

That's close to it. I still don't understand why you're adding two,
and the last print seems to be unnecessary. But if you just add one,
then yes, that would be exactly what you want.

ChrisA