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Start your free trialjasper printemps
4,398 Pointshelp with number game
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\jasper\Desktop\pycharm scripts\number_game.py", line 46, in <module>
number_game()
File "C:\Users\jasper\Desktop\pycharm scripts\number_game.py", line 15, in number_game
print("{} That's not a number!".format(guess))
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'guess' referenced before assignment
import random
guesses =[]
def number_game():
print("""Welcome to the number game
""")
#generate a random number between 1 and 10
secret_num = random.randint(1, 10)
tries = 5
while len(guesses) < 5:
try:#get a number guess from the player
guess = int(input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: "))
except ValueError :#catch when someone submits a non integer
print("{} That's not a number!".format(guess))
else :
tries -= 1
#compare guess to secret number
if guess == secret_num:
print("You got it! my number was {}".format(secret_num))
break
# limit the number of guesses
elif input == "RESTART":
number_game()
#print hit/miss
else:
print("That's not it!")
# print "to low" or "to high" messages for bad guesses
if guess < secret_num:
print("To low {} tries left ".format(tries))
elif guess > secret_num:
print("To high {} tries left ".format(tries))
guesses.append(guess)
else:
print('''To bad my number was {}
Thanks for playing'''.format(secret_num))
play_again =input('Do you want to play again Y/n')
if play_again.lower != "n":
number_game()
else:
print("Bye!")
number_game()
# let people play again
[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsThe "guess
referenced before assignment" is from the try
statement failing. If there are any errors in the try
block before guess
is fully assigned, it will have no value: it will be undefined. When the except
block runs, there isn't a value for guess
to be used in the string format.
One fix is to capture the user input separately from the conversion. This allows saving the input for the string format should it fail in the int()
conversion:
try:#get a number guess from the player
guess = input("Guess a number between 1 and 10: ")
guess = int(guess) # <-- if this fails, guess will still have input value
except ValueError :#catch when someone submits a non integer
print("{} That's not a number!".format(guess))
jasper printemps
4,398 Pointsthanks i got it now :)
James Mulholland
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 20,944 PointsJames Mulholland
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 20,944 PointsMaking sure that you submit clean code will mean that people are more likely to help you. Make sure you check out PEP 8 https://teamtreehouse.com/library/write-better-python