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user3277198
user3277198

Reputation: 3

Python returning untrue values?

I'm a newbie to Python, and I was working on a number guessing game in Python. However, when I set up the parameters:

import random
numberchosen = random.randint(0,100)
numberchosenstr = str(numberchosen)
print ("Let's play a number game")
numberguessed = input("Guess a number ")
print ("You guessed " + numberguessed)

if numberguessed > '100':
    print ("You guessed too high, choose a number below 100")

if numberguessed < '0':
    print ("You guessed too low, choose a number above 0")

if numberguessed != numberchosen:
    print ("wrong")

But, when I run the module, and choose the number 5 for instance, or any number that is within the correct range yet not the correct number, it always returns

Let's play a number game
Guess a number 5
You guessed 5
You guessed too high, choose a number below 100
wrong

So, my question is, why does Python return the >100 error, and what are some ways to fix it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

mhlester
mhlester

Reputation: 23211

You're comparing strings, which is done lexicographically (i.e. alphabetically, one character at a time). But even if one were an int, strings are always greater than numbers. You need to take the quotes off your comparison number, and call int() on your input, like so:

numberguessed = int(input("Guess a number "))  # convert to int
print ("You guessed {}".format(numberguessed)) # changed this too, since it would error

if numberguessed > 100:  # removed quotes
    print ("You guessed too high, choose a number below 100")

if numberguessed < 0:    # removed quotes
    print ("You guessed too low, choose a number above 0")

Upvotes: 7

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