Re: [Tutor] Help Request: Nested While commands

2007-08-25 Thread Luke Paireepinart
Paul W Peterson wrote: > > Greeting! Greeting. Can you please make a new message next time you post to the list, instead of replying to an existing message and changing the subject line? There is more to an e-mail than just the subject, and threaded mail clients notice whether an e-mail is comple

Re: [Tutor] Help Request: Nested While commands

2007-08-24 Thread Chris Calloway
Paul W Peterson wrote: > Could you provide a way to achieve this > using nested while statements, or suggest a better use of the ifs? You could use one while statement. while guess != the_number and tries < 5: I can't think of a *good* way to use nested whiles for your problem. > Ellicott, Col

Re: [Tutor] Help Request: Nested While commands

2007-08-24 Thread Alan Gauld
"Paul W Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > "Guess my number" (code pasted below). His challenge is to modify the > code so that there are only a limited number of attempts before the > program exits with a chastising message. > > Try as I may, I cannot seem to get the syntax correct for nes