Question

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1. Print instructions to the user
2. Start with the variables high = 1000, low = 1, and tries = 1
3. While high is greater than low
4. Guess the average of high and low
5. Ask the user to respond to the guess
6. Handle the four possible outcomes:
   • If the guess was right, print a message that tries guesses were required and quit the program
   • If the guess was too high, print a message that says “I will guess lower.”
   • If the guess was too low, print a message that says “I will guess higher.”
   • If the user entered an incorrect value, print out the instructions again.

I don’t even know where to begin.

Answer 1

Here’s where you begin. Insert the specifications as documentation, then do one at a time, testing along the way.

# Print instructions to the user
### 'print "xyz"' will output the xyz text.

# Start with the variables high = 1000, low = 1, and tries = 1
### You can set a variable with 'abc = 1'.

# While high is greater than low
### Python has a while statement and you can use something like 'while x > 7:'.
### Conditions like 'x > 7', 'guess == number' can also be used in `ifs` below.

    # Guess the average of high and low
    ### The average of two numbers is (x + y) / 2.

    # Ask the user to respond to the guess
    ### Python (at least 2.7) has a 'raw_input' for this, NOT 'input'.

    # If the guess was right, print a message that tries guesses were required
    # and quit the program
    ### Look at the 'if' statement for this and all the ones below.

    # If the guess was too high, print a message that says “I will guess lower.”
    # If the guess was too low, print a message that says “I will guess higher.”
    # If the user entered an incorrect value, print out the instructions again.

I’ve also added a small comment detailing what language elements you should look in to for each section.