#Guess my number

#The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100
#the player tries to guess it an dhte computer lets
#the player know if the guess is too hight, too low
#or right on the money

import random

print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100."
print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible. \n"

#set the initial values

the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1

#guessing loop

while (guess != the_number):
if (guess > the_number)
print "Lower..."
else:
print "Higher..."

guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries += 1

print "You guessed it! the number was", the_number
print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"

#this is the end

#this is a copy of the script run on python
>>> #Guess my number
...
>>> #The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100
... #the player tries to guess it an dhte computer lets
... #the player know if the guess is too hight, too low
... #or right on the money
...
>>> import random
>>>
>>> print "\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!"
Welcome to 'Guess My Number'!
>>> print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100."

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.
>>> print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible. \n"
Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.

>>>
>>> #set the initial values
...
>>> the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1
>>> guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
Take a guess: tries = 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'tries = 1'
>>>
>>> #guessing loop
...
>>> while (guess != the_number):
... if (guess > the_number)
File "<stdin>", line 2
if (guess > the_number)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> print "Lower..."
File "<stdin>", line 1
print "Lower..."
^
IndentationError: unexpected indent
>>> else:
File "<stdin>", line 1
else:
^
IndentationError: unexpected indent
>>> print "Higher..."
File "<stdin>", line 1
print "Higher..."
^
IndentationError: unexpected indent
>>>
>>> guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
Take a guess: tries += 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'tries += 1'
>>>
>>> print "You guessed it! the number was", the_number
You guessed it! the number was 18
>>> print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"
And it only took you
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'tries' is not defined

Running Ubuntu Gutsy gibbons, and emacs
I have checked the code carefully but can't get past the first traceback error.
Thanks for any help.

Use code tags, please.

And try declaring tries as an integer at the start of your application.

This is the code -
import random
print "\tWelcome to 'Guess my number'!:"
print "\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100."
print "Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n"

#set the initial values
the_number = random.randrange(100) + 1
guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1

# guessing loop

while (guess != the_number):
if (guess > the_number):
print "Lower..."
else:
print "Higher..."

guess = int(raw_input("Take a guess: "))
tries += 1

print "You guessed it! The number was", the_number
print "And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n"

raw_input ("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")

Now the problem is how do you limit the amount of guesses.

Use code tags:
[code=python]
#Code in here
[/code]
This will make your code readable for us forum members, which in turn helps us to solve your problem.

In order to limit the number of guesses, you should be using an if guesses == allowed_guesses: statement, or something similar.

I set the amount of tries to less than 3 ,however when I make more than 3 guesses it won't up the message. What did I do wrong?
Editor's note:
Please use code tags with your code to preserve the indentations. Otherwise the code is very difficult to read and not too many folks will help.

[code=python]
your Python code here
[/code]

I cannot read your code without code tags!

Change the loop to while True. Omit the first guess. Initialize tries to 0, and increment tries after guess. Modify your if/else to if/elif/else. The else is for a correct guess --> break. If the user made 3 guesses --> break.

Oops! Accidental duplicate post.

Thanks only had to make 1 correction.
Had to set
If tries > 3:
Because
If tries = = 3: it would only allow up to 2 guesses.

Are you referring to the code I posted?. Variable tries is equal to 3 after 3 guesses. Are you going to allow 4 guesses?

Hi Solsteel, Yes i'm referring to the code you posted, because when I inserted the code - if tries == 3 it would only allow 2 guesses.
When I set it to tries > 3 then it would allow 3 guesses.
Are you getting a different result?