Changing count number on input line every time?

Question

So I am writing a code and I want my input line to change the number with every guess. For example;

Enter a letter for guess #1: (take input)

Enter a letter for guess #2: (take new input)

Is there a way I can change the number after the # every time?

My code right now is

letterguess = input("Enter a letter for guess #")

I know that the input line can only take one argument, so when I try to add a , count it doesnt work. I've tried to look up functions that can help but I'm getting stuck. Any advice helps! Thanks!

If you search in your browser for "Python string format", you'll find references that can explain this much better than we can manage here. — Prune, Sep 26 '19 at 23:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '19 at 23:06

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If you put your code in a loop

count = 1
while True:
    letter_guess = input(f"Input a letter for guess #{count}")
     # do something ...
     count = count + 1

answered Sep 26 '19 at 23:06

Jamil Seaidoun

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Note that f-strings are only available on Python 3.6+. There is no python-3.x tag, just python. – Gino Mempin Sep 26 '19 at 23:44

karimkohel · Answer 2 · 2019-09-26T23:12:13.583

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you can try a for loop and place all the desired code inside it

for i in range(3):
letterguess = input(f"Enter a letter for guess {i}#")

where placing an f infront of a string makes it a formatted string that will let you put variables inside

edited Sep 26 '19 at 23:12

answered Sep 26 '19 at 23:07

karimkohel

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Note that f-strings are only available on Python 3.6+. There is no python-3.x tag, just python. – Gino Mempin Sep 26 '19 at 23:43

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 26 '19 at 23:08

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Instead of ,count you could format like this:

letterguess = input("Enter a letter for guess #%d" % count)

answered Sep 26 '19 at 23:08

Pretzel

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Changing count number on input line every time?

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