%s python, making a guessing game

Question

This is my code, the guessing part works, but not the part that should print the guesses left I'm a beginner at programming

from random import randint
random_number = randint(1, 10)
guesses_left = 3
while guesses_left > 0:
    print "you have %s guesses left" %s (guesses_left)
    guess = int(raw_input("Your guess: "))
    guesses_left -= 1
    if guess == random_number:
        print "You win!"
        break
    else:
        print"You lose.."

the print "you have %s guesses left" %s (guesses_left) is my problem

please help

I've looked at other similar problems still leaving me clueless

The error is:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "python", line 5, in <module>
 NameError: name 's' is not defined

why do you think it's a problem? there is an error? if so, what is the error message? — Elisha, Dec 07 '14 at 13:00
You may consider the newer style formatting, using `{}`. See for an example http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5082452/python-string-formatting-vs-format . Here, that would result in `print "You have {} guesses left".format(guesses_left)`. — , Dec 07 '14 at 13:02
In addition, since `guesses_left` is an integer, use the integer formatting: `%d` or `{:d}`. — , Dec 07 '14 at 13:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 07 '14 at 13:01

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Change the following:

print "you have %s guesses left" % guesses_left

answered Dec 07 '14 at 13:01

Patrick Collins

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@WilliamPaulsson No problem! Please accept this answer (the little checkmark) if you found it helpful. – Patrick Collins Dec 07 '14 at 13:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 07 '14 at 15:15

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Change the line raising the error to:

print "you have %s guesses left" % str(guesses_left)

edited Dec 07 '14 at 15:15

HarryCBurn

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answered Dec 07 '14 at 13:52

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%s python, making a guessing game

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