Project: Number Guessing Game

The number guessing game is a rite of passage for new programmers. The computer holds a secret number, and each guess gets a "too high" or "too low" hint until it is correct. It brings loops and conditionals together into one satisfying build.

What You'll Build

Step 1: Compare One Guess

For each guess, there are three cases: too low, too high, or correct. That is a clean if / elif / else:

Step 2: Loop Through Guesses

To simulate a full game with a predictable result, we loop over a fixed list of guesses and break when we find the answer, counting attempts as we go.

Build It Yourself

With secret = 7 and guesses = [5, 9, 7], produce the exact four lines below.

Make It Real

A true game keeps guessing until it wins. This version picks a random secret and auto-plays with random guesses using while True and break. Run it a few times:

Challenge Ideas

• Narrow the random guesses to the range that is still possible after each hint
• Give the player only 5 attempts before the game ends
• Print all the guesses that were made, in order

Key Takeaways

• A loop plus if / elif / else handles "keep trying until correct"
• break ends the loop the moment the guess is right
• Count attempts with an accumulator (attempts += 1)
• random.randint(a, b) gives a random whole number for a real game