I have debugged this far
#guessgame********** (1/20/08)
from random import randint
def start():
answer=randint(1,101) #the answer
guessnum=1 #number of failed user guesses
guess=raw_imput('''I am thinking of a number that is in between 1 and 100''')#the current guess of the user
while guess != answer:
guessnum=guessnum+1
if guess > 100:
print '''that guess is way too high, the answer has to be 100 or lower'''
guess=raw_imput ('''guess again please, within the limit this time''')
elif guess == 0:
print 'actually zero is not within the 1-100 range'
guess=raw_imput('guess again please')
elif guess < 0:
print 'are you testing me?'
guess=raw_imput('guess again, in the positives please')
elif guess > 0 and guess < 100 and guess < answer:
print 'that guess is below the answer'
guess=raw_imput('try guessing again')
elif guess >0 and guess < 100 and guess > answer:
print 'guess lower, your answer is to high'
guess=raw_imput('try once more')
if guess == answer:
File "<stdin>", line 22
if guess == answer:
Syntax Error: invalid syntax
The marker points to the 'F' in 'if', I have experimented over and over with the = sign == sign and all that, I even wrote a test program, look at this.
#this is a test program
ghost=1
answer=1
if ghost==answer:
print 'boo'
works
Wheras this doesn't
#this is a test program
try=1
File "<stdin", line 2
try=1
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
answer=1
if try==answer:
File "<stdin>", line 1
if try==answer:
Syntax Error: invalid syntax
print 'boo'
File "<stdin>", line 1
print 'boo'
IndentationError: unexpected indent