🔒 Homework help: Try except blocks not working | Python | Page 2

alpine oasis Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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The guessing counter

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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Stop it

alpine oasis Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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Oh shit

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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the assignment is done

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No no

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You're okay

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The assignment is done

alpine oasis Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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Ah ok

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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I've got my answer

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I'm okay to see other answers now that I've made my own

alpine oasis Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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name = 'hello'

guess = {index: letter for index, letter in enumerate(name)}
guessed = {index: '*' for index in guess.keys()}

while any(i == '*' for i in guessed.values()):
    inp = input('Letter: ')
    
    try ord(inp):
        if ord(inp) in range(97,122):
        
            for index, letter in guess.items():
                if inp == letter:
                    guessed[index] = inp
    
            print(''.join(guessed.values()))
            
        else:
            print('Enter Valid')
            
    except:
        print('Enter letter and 1 digit')

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With dictionary it's really easy

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You get 2 values to put

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:22 AM

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Dictionary seems like it made this harder

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But I'm following the logic mostly

alpine oasis Mar 10, 2026, 6:23 AM

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Uh no..? I think with dictionary it's easier

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:23 AM

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when is the answer invalid?

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:23 AM

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cobalt panther when is the answer invalid?

If you read through the code you'll see a couple scenarios where you can input something for ans

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There are if statements handling if the answer is invalid

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cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:25 AM

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yk about recursions?

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:26 AM

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cobalt panther yk about recursions?

Nope

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I know the word recursion

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:27 AM

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how much yk about it

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:27 AM

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But not coding wise

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:27 AM

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cobalt panther how much yk about it

Recursion is embedding something inside itself

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So a fractal is a kind of recursion, or if I had a little mini me that had everything I do that mini me would therefore also have a mini me

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And so on

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:40 AM

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# i prolly wouldn't make secname an argument if its not neeeded!!

guessing_lab = {"Name": guessname, "Number": guessnum}
def guessing_games():
    game_type = input('Awesome! I like guessing games. Wanna guess a Name or a Number?')
    guessing_lab[game_type](secname)

def ask():
    response = input('Wanna play a game? Y/N')
    if not response or response not in "YN": 
        print('Try a capital! "Y" or "N" remember?')
    elif response == "Y": guessing_games()
    elif response == "N": print('Then why did you run this function? SCRAM!')

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:40 AM

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cobalt panther ```py # i prolly wouldn't make secname an argument if its not neeeded!! guessin...

Real quick

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Can you explain what you're doing with the guessing lab variable?

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Like is it an index?

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:41 AM

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its the key

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:42 AM

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austere flume Like is it an index?

u could also do

x = print
# and then
x("hi its me")

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:42 AM

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cobalt panther u could also do ```py x = print # and then x("hi its me") ```

WOAH, okay hold on.

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So....

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:44 AM

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austere flume So....

so basically

w_map = {"foo": print}

w_map["foo"]("hi its me")

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assuming u know how dictionary works

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:47 AM

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# So I can do this?
def anscheck(ans,ans1,ans2)
  if ans!=any([ans1,ans2])
    print('ERROR')
ans=input('Wanna play a Guessing Game? Y/N')
anscheck(ans,Y,N)
elif ans==Y
  ans=input('Great! Guessing games are my favorite! Name or Number?')
    anscheck(ans,Name,Number)
    elif ans==Name
      guessname(secname)```

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I'm hung up on short hands for functions

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So basically condensing repetitive functions into just one name

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I know I'm taking the wrong thing from your example

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But I'm sorry I thought it was so cool

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:50 AM

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cobalt panther ```py # i prolly wouldn't make secname an argument if its not neeeded!! guessin...

What I wanted to do was make the function go BACK to the question if the answer is invalid

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:51 AM

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return func()
return None

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:51 AM

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Huh

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Okay

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IT FUCKING WOOOOORRRRKKKKKSSSS

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I have a good project now

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:57 AM

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cobalt panther ```py return func() return None ```

Thank you for finally teaching me how the return function actually works

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Google fucking sucks dude

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What is the point of returning none though?

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:58 AM

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austere flume What is the point of returning none though?

a function by default return None

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:58 AM

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Hm

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Okay

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 6:59 AM

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we also do it to stop recursion and end the function earlier

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some bozos do sys.exit ig

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 6:59 AM

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So could I do...

# Imagine my whole guessing name function is here except the you win part
if tries>=10
  return print('You win!')
``` Or would this not print?

cobalt panther Mar 10, 2026, 7:00 AM

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austere flume So could I do... ```py # Imagine my whole guessing name function is here except...

i don't see no print()

austere flume Mar 10, 2026, 7:00 AM

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How about that?

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If you still wanna help

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I have a lab to do, which is a much smaller and more focused version of this

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but otherwise I've had my questions answered

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I am extremely thankful for this.

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And for everyone who helped

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And I guess I'll be talking to y'all later, or that's the hope anyways

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Cheerio.

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