Question

I am learning python and i can’t figure out why the following program is printing your number is greater than what i thought even when the guessed number is smaller. is it like in python, it is comparing strings rather the numbers ?

number = 32
tries = 1

print "I have chosen a number, you have to guess it."
guess = raw_input ("Guess:")

while guess != number:
    tries = tries+1
    if guess > number:
        print("Your guess is greater than i thought")
        guess = raw_input ("Another Guess:")
    else:
        print("Your guess is smaller than i thought")
        guess = raw_input ("Another Guess:")

print "You guess it right in %d turns." %tries

P.S:I know its a dumb question but i am a noob at python!

Answer 1

I didn’t know this until just now, but as it turns out, a string will always be “greater than” an integer in Python:

>>> "0" > 1
True

All you need to do is replace

guess = raw_input ("Guess:")

with

guess = int(raw_input ("Guess:"))