#🔒 Don't understand where to start with this "fruit guessing game" with initially given template

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quick agate
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remote girder
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from random import choice

#In the game you have 3 attempts to guess the correct fruit
#Info on what the function does (e.g. input, output)
def guess_fruit(random_fruit):
pass #Here you need to code
return -1 ## <-- why and what does that -1 do?

#main

fruits= ['apple','banana','orange','pear','plums','kiwi','strawberry', #list of possible fruit
'pineapple','melon','paprika','mango']
random_fruit= choice(fruits)
fruit= guess_fruit(random_fruit)

if fruit != -1:
print("you guessed correctly")
else:
print("you guessed wrong")

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from random import choice

#In the game you have 3 attempts to guess the correct fruit
#Info on what the function does (e.g. input, output)
def guessfruit(randomfruit):
  pass        #Here you need to code
  return -1 ## <-- why and what does that -1 do?


#__main

fruits= ['apple','banana','orange','pear','plums','kiwi','strawberry',  #list of possible fruit
          'pineapple','melon','paprika','mango']
random_fruit= choice(fruits)
fruit= guess_fruit(random_fruit)

if fruit != -1:
  print("you guessed correctly")
else:
  print("you guessed wrong")```
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whats the problem ?

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do you know what input() is ?

remote girder
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yeah I know that but am not sure where you need to put it in this instance ?

quick agate
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now youll add code in guessfruit() only

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youll need an input so user can guess

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and add code so it has 3 tries only u can do that with a for loop for i in range(3) + if else

remote girder
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right! ok but what does that -1 do exactly?

quick agate
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it returns -1

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and that value get stored at fruit = guess_fruit() so fruit if user didnt guess will have value -1

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wait

remote girder
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so it's giving the correct answer the value of -1?

quick agate
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no any value other than -1 will give correct

remote girder
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ok I think I get it is it ok if I come back with an update and or I get stuck again?

quick agate
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sure

remote girder
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ok so the guess_fruit function should look like this then ?

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def guess_fruit(random_fruit):
attempt = input("What is your guess? ")
for i in range(3):
return -1

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'''def guess_fruit(random_fruit):
attempt = input("What is your guess? ")
for i in range(3):
return -1'''

quick agate
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`

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not '

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under "ESC" that key

remote girder
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  attempt = input("What is your guess? ")
  for i in range(3):
    return -1```
quick agate
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that loop will run 1 time

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you didnt make the logic of guessing if attempt == random_fruit

remote girder
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right sure but now it always says correct ? def guess_fruit(random_fruit): attempt = input("What is your guess? ") if attempt == random_fruit: for i in range(3): return -1

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quick agate
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  • the attempt
remote girder
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right ok so like this then for i in range(3): attempt = input("What is your guess ") if attempt == random_fruit: return -1

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quick agate
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that will give u wrong

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even tho you correct

remote girder
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ok so what would the next step be?

quick agate
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you are done you just need to return smth else other than -1

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and then if you didnt guess it right return -1

remote girder
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so I need an else there under that that returns a diffrent value?

quick agate
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yes

remote girder
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ok awesome thank you 😉 it seems to work perfectly now

quick agate
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show me code lemme see the final code

remote girder
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sure give me a sec

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#In the game you have 3 attempts to guess the correct fruit
#Info on what the function does (e.g. input, output)
def guess_fruit(random_fruit):
    for i in range(3):
      attempt = input("What is your guess ")
      if attempt == random_fruit:
        return -1 
      else:
        return 1

#__main__

fruits= ['apple','banana','orange','pear','plums','kiwi','strawberry',  #list of possible fruit
          'pineapple','melon','paprika','mango']
random_fruit= choice(fruits)
fruit= guess_fruit(random_fruit)

if fruit != -1:
  print("you guessed correctly")
else:
  print("you guessed wrong") ```
quick agate
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you did the opposite

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if user guesses correctly then he loses

remote girder
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oh!

quick agate
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add this to the print print(f"you guessed wrong the fruit was {random_fruit)")

remote girder
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ok so like this? if fruit != -1:
print("you guessed correctly")
else:
print(f"you guessed wrong the fruit was {random_fruit}")

quick agate
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ye

remote girder
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ok but how do I implement 3 attempts?

quick agate
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you already did

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wait

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ah because

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you make if else and if the statment is wrong it will go to else therefore it will return so it will stop for loop

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add return -1 outside of the loop

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and remove the else

remote girder
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that gives me an indent error :/

quick agate
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show

remote girder
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#In the game you have 3 attempts to guess the correct fruit
#Info on what the function does (e.g. input, output)
def guess_fruit(random_fruit):
    for i in range(3):
      attempt = input("What is your guess ")
      if attempt == random_fruit:
  return -1
      

#__main__

fruits= ['apple','banana','orange','pear','plums','kiwi','strawberry',  #list of possible fruit
          'pineapple','melon','paprika','mango']
random_fruit= choice(fruits)
fruit= guess_fruit(random_fruit)

if fruit != -1:
  print("you guessed correctly")
else:
  print(f"you guessed wrong the fruit was {random_fruit}")```
quick agate
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you need to return 1 or smth inside if statement

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if attempt == random_fruit:

remote girder
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ok there it goes it's just colab not updating the cell correctly

quick agate
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wdym

remote girder
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it was saying it was expecting an indent but not anymore

quick agate
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you cant just add a if statement: without smth inside it

if  a == 1:
  print("")```
remote girder
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no I know it was the return -1 outside it was complaining about

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but seems to work now

quick agate
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yea

remote girder
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#In the game you have 3 attempts to guess the correct fruit
#Info on what the function does (e.g. input, output)
def guess_fruit(random_fruit):
    for i in range(3):
      attempt = input("What is your guess ")
      if attempt == random_fruit:
        return 1
    return -1
      

#__main__

fruits= ['apple','banana','orange','pear','plums','kiwi','strawberry',  #list of possible fruit
          'pineapple','melon','paprika','mango']
random_fruit= choice(fruits)
fruit= guess_fruit(random_fruit)

if fruit != -1:
  print("you guessed correctly")
else:
  print(f"you guessed wrong the fruit was {random_fruit}")```
quick agate
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good

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