How do I add a while true loop inside a while loop?

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I'm making a number guessing game on Python for a school project and have come upon two problems that I cannot find a solution to. I have two questions but decided to post as one question in order to not spam code project.

How do I add a while true loop inside a while loop?
I found a neat trick where you can ask the game to keep asking for a number instead of ending the whole code when someone accidentally inserts a letter.

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I'm making a number guessing game on Python for a school project and have come upon two problems that I cannot find a solution to. I have two questions but decided to post as one question in order to not spam code project.

How do I add a while true loop inside a while loop?
I found a neat trick where you can ask the game to keep asking for a number instead of ending the whole code when someone accidentally inserts a letter.

Posted 27-Aug-19 0:27am

Jack the Christian

Updated 25-Sep-19 17:34pm

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Jack the Christian · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-25T17:34:00

while True:
    try:
        guess = int(input("Guess which number I am thinking of: "))
    except ValueError:
        guess = print("That's not a number, guess a NUMBER!")
        continue
    else:
        break

print("hidden:", hidden, "guess:", guess)
if guess < hidden:
    print("Your guess is too low, you have ", GuessesLeft, " guesses left")
    if GuessesLeft==0:
        break
    else:
        continue

Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-27T02:19:00

There are a number of issues with your code that needed tidying up. Firstly, you do not need def main(): at the beginning. Unlike compiled languages, python just starts at the beginning. I also added some print statements so you can see the progress, which is useful for debugging, and removed the duplicate bits, thus:

Python

import random

hidden = random.randint(1,100)  
print("hidden: ", hidden)

GuessesTaken = 0
while GuessesTaken < 6:
    GuessesTaken = GuessesTaken + 1;
    GuessesLeft = 6 - GuessesTaken;

    while True:
        try:
            guess = int(input("Guess which number I am thinking of: "))
        except ValueError:
            guess = print("That's not a number, guess a NUMBER!")
            continue
        else:
            break

    print("hidden:", hidden, "guess:", guess)
    if guess < hidden:
        print("Your guess is too low, you have ", GuessesLeft, " guesses left")
        if GuessesLeft==0:
            break
        else:
            continue

    elif guess > hidden:
        print("Your guess is too high, you have ", GuessesLeft, " guesses left")
        if GuessesLeft==0:
            break
        else:
            continue

    elif guess==hidden:
        print("Well done! That is the correct number")
        break

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