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I really, really like the formatting operator. It just makes for much cleaner and readable, reliable code; versus inserting variables into print statments.

#!C:/python25/
#filename:rollDie.py
#Version 0.6 - Improved error checking of sides, a improved retry loop and formatting operators!

import random

def rollDie():
    #DocString
    '''\nUses a random number generator to guess a user specified number.

     Uses two user defined integers (one to define the set, and one as a target number) and then tries to guess at random using random.randrange.\n'''

    #rollDie intro
    print 'Welcome to the Lucky Number Program!\n'
    run = True

    while run == True:
        #query for sides and error check
        sidesCheck = False
        while sidesCheck == False:
            sides = int(raw_input('Enter the number of sides for the dice:'))
            if sides >= 2:
                sidesCheck = True
            else:
                print 'Impossible to roll a die with %s sides!' % (sides, )

        #query for luckyNumber and error check
        luckyNumberCheck = False
        while luckyNumberCheck == False:
            luckyNumber = int(raw_input('Enter your Lucky number:'))
            if (0 < luckyNumber <= sides):
                luckyNumberCheck = True
            else:
               print 'You will never roll %s with a %s sided die!\n' % (luckyNumber, sides, )

        #Input is valid, now to guess it at random
        value = random.randrange(sides) +1
        count = 1
        while value != luckyNumber:
            print value
            value = random.randrange(sides) +1
            count += 1
        print 'Finally got the number %s! It only took %s guesses!' % (luckyNumber, count, )

        #We guessed the lucky number, query for retry
        retryLoop = True
        while retryLoop == True:
            tryAgain = str (raw_input('Want to try again? Type yes,no or explain\n'))
            if tryAgain == 'yes':
                retryLoop = False
            elif tryAgain == 'no':
                print 'Ok we are done!'
                retryLoop = False
                run = False
            elif tryAgain == 'explain':
                print rollDie.__doc__
###########################################################################

rollDie()

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