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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Number Game Introduction

Posted by Aditya Agarwal
Aditya Agarwal
Courses Plus Student 564 Points

Why syntax error?

import random

secret=random.randint(1, 10)

while True: gn=int(input("Guess the number ") if gn == secret: print("U guessed it right, the number is {}".format(sn)) break else: print("Try again")

if gn == secret:
^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

2 Answers

Rohan Ubhare
Rohan Ubhare
6,077 Points
Rohan Ubhare
Rohan Ubhare
6,077 Points

Try 

import random

secret=random.randint(1, 10)

while True: gn=int(input("Guess the number ") if gn == secret: print("U guessed it right, the number is {}".format(secret)) break else: print("Try again")

Try replacing .format(sn) in your code to .format(secret) since I don't see anything assigned to 'sn'

Josh Roberts
Josh Roberts
9,930 Points
Josh Roberts
Josh Roberts
9,930 Points

I found 2 errors in your code. rohanubhare found the first with needing to use 'secret' in place of 'sn', since you had not set 'sn' to anything previously. The second was the line, gn = int(input("Guess the number "), is missing the closing ")". The code below worked when I tested it, with those 2 changes.

import random

secret = random.randint(1, 10)

while True:
    print(secret)
    gn = int(input("Guess the number "))
    if gn == secret:
        print("U guessed it right, the number is {}".format(secret))
        break
    else:
        print("Try again")