For Loop Not Breaking (Python)

Question

I\'m writing a simple For loop in Python. Is there a way to break the loop without using the \'break\' command. I would think that by setting count = 10 that the exit condition

Answer 1

In Python the for loop means "for each item do this". To end this loop early you need to use break. while loops work against a predicate value. Use them when you want to do something until your test is false. For instance:

tries = 0
max_count = 5
guessed = False

while not guessed and tries < max_count:
    guess_number = int(input("Enter any number between 0 - 10: "))
    if guess_number == rand_number:
        print("You guessed it!")
        guessed = True
    else:
        print("Try again...")
    tries += 1

Answer 2

What you probably want is to use break and to avoid assigning to the count variable.

See the following, I've edited it with some comments:

import random

guess_number = 0 
count = 0
rand_number = 0

rand_number = random.randint(0, 10)

print("The guessed number is", rand_number)    

# for count in range(0, 5): instead of count, use a throwaway name
for _ in range(0, 5): # in Python 2, xrange is the range style iterator
    guess_number = int(input("Enter any number between 0 - 10: "))
    if guess_number == rand_number:
        print("You guessed it!")
        # count = 10 # instead of this, you want to break
        break
    else:
        print("Try again...")
        # count += 1 also not needed