A simple python loop issue

Question

This code:

import random
print("\tWelcome to the guess my number program\n")

print("im thinking of a number between 1 and 100")
print("try to guess it in 5 attempts\n")

randomNum = random.randint(1,101)

tries = 0

userNumber = int(input("please pick a number"))

while userNumber != randomNum:
    if userNumber > randomNum:
        print ("lower") 
    else:
        print("higher") 
    tries += 1

print ("you guessed it! the number was" , randomNum)

For some reason this produces an infinite loop. Any help, im still getting used to python.

Answer 1

You never updated your userNumber or randomNum inside the while loop. So once the loop condition is met, it will execute infinitely.

You need to update your while loop as:

while userNumber != randomNum:
    if userNumber > randomNum:
        print ("lower") 
    else:
        print("higher") 

    tries += 1    
    userNumber = int(input("please pick a number"))

Answer 2

You've forgotten to ask the user to guess again. Try this!

while userNumber != randomNum:
    if userNumber > randomNum:
        print("lower")
    else:
        print("higher")
    tries += 1
    userNumber = int(input("please pick a number")