Whats is wrong with the if-else block?

Question

print("Guess a number between 1-10")
number = int(input())

import random
winning_num = random.randint(1,10)
numchance = 1

while True:
    if number == winning_num :
        print(f"You Won in {numchance} guesses")
        break
    elif number > winning_num :
        print("Too High")
        else:
            print("Too Low")
        print("Try Again")
        number = int(input())   
    numchance += 1

There is something wrong with else block it keeps on giving syntax error(invalid syntax)

print("Guess a number between 1-10")
number = int(input())

import random
winning_num = random.randint(1,10)
numchance = 1

while True:
    if number == winning_num :
        print(f"You Won in {numchance} guesses")
        break
    else :
        if number > winning_num :
            print("Too High")
        else :
            print("Too Low")
        print("Try Again")
        number = int(input())   
    numchance += 1

After editing my code it does'nt give any error but what i was doing wrong in the previous code?

As your error message tells you, there is no corresponding `if` to that `else`. Indentation is critical. — Prune, May 03 '20 at 05:59
elif and else indentations are incorrect... google how python handles scopes — PYPL, May 03 '20 at 06:00
This can be helpful https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1024435/how-to-fix-python-indentation — ZKS, May 03 '20 at 06:47

Gabio · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-03T06:27:22.913

1

You have invalid indentation in your if-else block. The correct structure should be:

if condition1:
    # code for condition1 
elif condition2:
    # code for condition2
...
elif conditionN:
    # code for conditionN
else:
    # code if none of conditions 1-N are met

Try to change you code to:

while True:
    if number == winning_num:
        print(f"You Won in {numchance} guesses")
        break
    elif number > winning_num:
        print("Too High")
    else:
        print("Too Low")
    print("Try Again")
    number = int(input())   
    numchance += 1

edited May 03 '20 at 06:27

answered May 03 '20 at 06:22

Gabio

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So arent elif and else if are same ? like elif means => else : (enter} if ?? – Mayank Sarkar May 03 '20 at 06:41
`elif` is the python version of `else if`. `elif` -> else with condition. – Gabio May 03 '20 at 06:55

Whats is wrong with the if-else block?

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