CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpython-3.x
CameronDugmore
CameronDugmore

Reputation: 25

While loop only looping a small area of the code rather than all of code that is actually in the while loop

I am creating a small text game of which a person has to guess the name of the song correctly and with only two guesses, I have created a while loop so that I can use this two guess system; However, it is only looping a small area of the code and not what I want it to loop.

Below is the code being used (Of which includes the while loop)

#song guess entry

ans2 = input("Enter the name of the song: ")

#change all the capitalisation to lowercase
ans2 = ans2.lower()

time.sleep(0.5)

x = 0 

#while loop to allow two attempts at the Question
while x != 2:
    print("LOADING...")
    time.sleep(1)
    #correct or incorrect?
    if ans2 == song:
        if x == 1:
            print("\nYou gained 1 point for guessing it the second time!")
            score = score + 1
        if x == 0:
            print("You gained 3 points for guessing it first time!")
            score = score + 3

        time.sleep(0.5)

    if ans2 != song:
        print("\nIncorrect! No points gained")
        x = x + 1
        time.sleep(0.5)

When executing the program I ensured that the song I entered was actually correct multiple times. When this problem first happened it was displaying nothing after it asked for the user to enter the song name, I then put a print statement after the while loop starts just to try and visualise the problem.

#while loop to allow two attempts at the Question
while x != 2:
    print("LOADING...") # where i added the print statement
    time.sleep(1)

The result of executing the code is this: 

Enter the name of the song: buffalo soldier
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...

The 'LOADING...' does not stop.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 51

Answers (2)

jeremy_rutman
jeremy_rutman

Reputation: 5720

You need to ask the question within the while:

#song guess entry
import time
x,score = 0,0
song = 'buffalo soldier'
#while loop to allow two attempts at the Question
while x != 2:
    print("LOADING...")
    ans2 = input("Enter the name of the song: ")
    # change all the capitalisation to lowercase
    ans2 = ans2.lower()
    time.sleep(1)
    #correct or incorrect?
    if ans2 == song:
        if x == 1:
            print("\nYou gained 1 point for guessing it the second time!")
            score = score + 1
        if x == 0:
            print("You gained 3 points for guessing it first time!")
            score = score + 3
        break
    else:
        print("\nIncorrect! No points gained")
        x = x + 1
    time.sleep(0.5)

Upvotes: 1

Aryerez
Aryerez

Reputation: 3495

You don't re-initiate your x, so it is probably over 2 after the first run you made, and it's going 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6... infinity (as x != 2 is always True). You need to assign x = 0 just before the loop. In addition, if it was the wrong answer, you don't ask the user for a new one inside the loop. Add ans2 = input("Enter the name of the song: ") to the code if the user was wrong inside the loop.

Upvotes: 0

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