Lab 2 · Python Basics Lab: Variables, Input, Loops — Number-Guessing Game

🎯 Objective

Prove you can use the four Python foundations together in one finished program, not isolated snippets.

🧩 Skills You Will Practice

• Variables and types
• input() and int() conversion
• while loops and conditionals
• Debugging with print

🧰 What You Need

• Python 3 installed
• VS Code or any editor
• A file game.py
• Notebook to predict output before running

📋 Step-by-Step Tasks

1. In game.py store a secret number with the random module: import random, then secret = random.randint(1, 50). Print a welcome message and the rules.
2. Read the first guess with input() and convert it with int() inside a try/except so letters do not crash the program.
3. Build a while loop that continues while guess != secret. Inside it, count attempts, and print Too high or Too low using if / elif / else.
4. When the guess is correct, exit the loop and print the total attempts plus a rating: 5 or fewer Excellent, 9 or fewer Good, otherwise Completed.
5. Add a replay feature: ask Play again? (y/n), reset secret and attempts if yes, end cleanly if no.
6. Test deliberately: guess outside 1–50, type a word, and win on the first try. Fix every crash you find and note what caused it.
7. Add comments at the top: your name, what the program does, and one thing you would improve next.

✅ Expected Result / Deliverable

A runnable game.py that handles wrong types, counts attempts, gives high/low feedback and offers replay — run it three times and keep the terminal output.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

• Comparing a string from input() directly with an integer
• Infinite loop because the guess is never re-read inside the loop
• No attempt counter reset on replay