My while loop is not working for some reason

Question

import random
n = 1
tala = random.randrange(0,11)
print('talan er ' + str(tala))
print('The goal is to guess the number.')
num = input('Pick a number: ')
while num != tala:
 if num < tala:
 print('Too Low')
 num = input('Try again: ')
 elif num > tala:
 print('Too High')
 num = input('Try again: ')
 else:
 print('wow congratulations, you guessed the right number in ' + str(n) + ' tries.')
 n += 1

Above is my code, and below is the error that I am encountering.

I can't seem to find my error which is: It's just a simple code, but the error is something I can't find.

 Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:/Users/ebben/PycharmProjects/HelloWorld/GuessNumber.py", line 10, in <module>
 if num < tala:
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'

• AMC: What do/don't you understand from that error message?
• AMC: Does this answer your question? How can I read inputs as numbers?

Answer 1

python input is always string and you need to convert it to integer by adding int() method

here is your code: you need to change num:

import random
n = 1
tala = random.randrange(0,11)
print('talan er ' + str(tala))
print('The goal is to guess the number.')
num = int(input('Pick a number: '))
while num != tala:
 if num < tala:
 print('Too Low')
 num = int(input('Try again: '))
 elif num > tala:
 print('Too High')
 num = int(input('Try again: '))
 else:
 print('wow congratulations, you guessed the right number in ' + str(n) + ' tries.')
 n += 1

Answer 2

The error show that less than < operator and > operator must be compared with number data type which either int or float. which mean variable num is a string object.

So replace the following line to solved your error:-

Replace

 if num < tala:

into

 if int(num) < tala:

&

Replace

 if num > tala:

into

 if int(num) > tala: