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Guessing Game Challenge - Solution

Let's use while loops to create a guessing game.

The Challenge:

Write a program that picks a random integer from 1 to 100, and has players guess the number.
The rules are:

1. If a player's guess is less than 1 or greater than 100, say "OUT OF BOUNDS"
2. On a player's first turn, if their guess is
within 10 of the number, return "WARM!"
further than 10 away from the number, return "COLD!"
3. On all subsequent turns, if a guess is
closer to the number than the previous guess return "WARMER!"
farther from the number than the previous guess, return "COLDER!"
4. When the player's guess equals the number, tell them they've guessed correctly and how
many guesses it took!

First, pick a random integer from 1 to 100 using the random module and assign
it to a variable
Note: random.randint(a,b) returns a random integer in range [a, b] , including both
end points.

In [1]:
import random

num = random.randint(1,100)

Next, print an introduction to the game and explain the rules

In [2]:
print("WELCOME TO GUESS ME!")

print("I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100")

print("If your guess is more than 10 away from my number, I'll tell you you'r
print("If your guess is within 10 of my number, I'll tell you you're WARM")

print("If your guess is farther than your most recent guess, I'll say you're
print("If your guess is closer than your most recent guess, I'll say you're g
print("LET'S PLAY!")

WELCOME TO GUESS ME!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100

If your guess is more than 10 away from my number, I'll tell you you're COLD

If your guess is within 10 of my number, I'll tell you you're WARM

If your guess is farther than your most recent guess, I'll say you're getting
COLDER

If your guess is closer than your most recent guess, I'll say you're getting
WARMER

LET'S PLAY!

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Create a list to store guesses

Hint: zero is a good placeholder value. It's useful because it evaluates to "False"

In [3]:
guesses = [0]

Write a while loop that asks for a valid guess. Test it a few times to make
sure it works.
In [4]:
while True:

guess = int(input("I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.\n What is

if guess < 1 or guess > 100:

print('OUT OF BOUNDS! Please try again: ')

continue

break

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 500

OUT OF BOUNDS! Please try again:

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 50

Write a while loop that compares the player's guess to our number. If the
player guesses correctly, break from the loop. Otherwise, tell the player if they're
warmer or colder, and continue asking for guesses.
Some hints:

it may help to sketch out all possible combinations on paper first!

you can use the abs() function to find the positive difference between two numbers
if you append all new guesses to the list, then the previous guess is given as
guesses[-2]

In [5]:
while True:

# we can copy the code from above to take an input

guess = int(input("I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.\n What is

if guess < 1 or guess > 100:

print('OUT OF BOUNDS! Please try again: ')

continue

# here we compare the player's guess to our number

if guess == num:

print(f'CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUESSED IT IN ONLY {len(guesses)} GUESSE

break

# if guess is incorrect, add guess to the list

guesses.append(guess)

# when testing the first guess, guesses[-2]==0, which evaluates to False

# and brings us down to the second section

if guesses[-2]:

if abs(num-guess) < abs(num-guesses[-2]):

print('WARMER!')

else:

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print('COLDER!')

else:

if abs(num-guess) <= 10:

print('WARM!')

else:

print('COLD!')

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 50

COLD!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 75

WARMER!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 85

WARMER!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 92

COLDER!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 80

WARMER!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 78

COLDER!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 82

WARMER!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 83

COLDER!

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

What is your guess? 81

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUESSED IT IN ONLY 9 GUESSES!!

That's it! You've just programmed your first game!

In the next section we'll learn how to turn some of these repetitive actions into functions that can
be called whenever we need them.

Good Job!

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