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Build a number guessing game 🎯

The computer picks a secret number from 1 to 100 and you guess until you get it, with a seven guess limit and a check that the player typed a number.

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The code from the video

import random

secret = random.randint(1, 100)
tries = 0

while True:
    answer = input("Guess a number from 1 to 100: ")
    if not answer.isdigit():
        print("Numbers only, please")
        continue
    guess = int(answer)
    tries += 1
    if guess < secret:
        print("Too low")
    elif guess > secret:
        print("Too high")
    else:
        print(f"You got it in {tries} tries!")
        break
    if tries == 7:
        print(f"Out of guesses! It was {secret}")
        break

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Make it your own

1. Let the player choose easy (1 to 50), medium (1 to 100) or hard (1 to 1000) at the start.
2. Swap the roles: you think of a number and Python guesses it using too high or too low.
3. Keep a best score and print "New record!" when the player beats it.

Skills: while loops, input, if and elif, random

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