Is there a way to let the user input ONLY 3 specific numbers? Python

Asked May 08 '19 at 23:40

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I'm trying to create a 2 - 4 player dice rolling game that I want the user or users to choose how many players are going to be playing the game.

I made this to be an input but I only want the user to input a number between 2-4

I have tried using the "try and except" or like "while True" but these two don't work which is a pity.

def players():
    while True:
        try:
            numberOfPlayers = int(input("How many players are there? (2-4)"))
        except ValueError:
            print("Please enter a number from 2-4")

players()

This is what I've done so far but it accepts all numbers e.g. 50 and like 100 but I only want the input to be a number from 2-4

edited May 08 '19 at 23:42

asked May 08 '19 at 23:40

Anonymous

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are u trying to make code to only accept 3 separate integers or "2-4"? – Enoch Han May 08 '19 at 23:41
accept 3 separate integers – Anonymous May 08 '19 at 23:42
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There's no built-in method for this, just write `if not 2 <= numberOfPlayers <= 4:` – Barmar May 08 '19 at 23:42
oh ok ill try this but put this in the answer section so that I can tick it if it works! :) – Anonymous May 08 '19 at 23:43
@Barmar made it a comment because it's not really answer-worthy. It's a simple technique that already appears in many tutorials and other answers. As such, we likely won't archive it on this site. – Prune May 08 '19 at 23:48
We closed this question because it's essentially the same as that other question. – Barmar May 08 '19 at 23:49
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23294658/asking-the-user-for-input-until-they-give-a-valid-response – wwii May 09 '19 at 00:04

Is there a way to let the user input ONLY 3 specific numbers? Python

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