18. Building a Guessing Game - tomaslt99/Python-language-tutorials GitHub Wiki

Building a Guessing Game

Code:

secret_word = "giraffe"
guess = ""
guess_count = 0
guess_limit = 3
out_of_guesses = False

while guess != secret_word and not(out_of_guesses):
    if guess_count < guess_limit:
        guess = input("Enter guess:")
        guess_count += 1
    else:
        out_of_guesses = True
    if out_of_guesses:
        print("Out of Guesses, YOU LOSE!")
    else:
        print("You Win!")

Output:

Enter guess: ef
Enter guess: ef
Enter guess: giraffe
You Win!