#this is the code

from random import randint

num = randint(1,10)

print(type(num))

print(num)

ch = None                                                                                           #tried changing this tried converting types

guess = 0

print(type(guess))

print("Welcome to guessing game: ")

 

 

while ch != 'n' or ch != 'N':                                            #here is the bug this statement is not running. It works with “and”

                while( guess != num):

                                guess = int(input("Enter your guess?  "))

                                if guess == num:

                                                print("You Guessed Congratz")

               

 

                ch=input("Enter 'y' to play or 'n' to exit: ")

               

 

                if ch=='y' or ch == 'Y':

                                guess= 0

                                num = randint(1,10)

 

print("Thankyou for playing.")

I think this would have been a better fit for a StackOverflow issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python. Also, it's not a compilation error and it doesn't have anything to do with CPython's testing framework. 

Anyway, I don't think this is a bug. For a string `ch`, it is always true that either `ch != 'n'` or `ch != 'N'`---no string is equal to both `'N'` and `'n'`. Therefore your `while` condition will always be true and the loop will always continue.

As you already noted, your loop will terminate properly if you used `and`. You could also rewrite it as `while ch not in ('n', 'N'):` which I think is clearer.

Below is the formatted program for easier reading. In the while clause you ask for the user to enter n to exit but you check (ch != n or ch != N) so on entering "n" the first condition is false but second clause is true. For "N" it's vice-versa. You want to continue the game as long as ch is not 'n' or "N'. Hence using not(ch == 'n' or ch == 'N') will help in exiting the program. This website is for bugs related to CPython itself. Please refer to stack overflow or other mailing lists in future.

Thanks.

from random import randint

num = randint(1, 10)

print(type(num))
print(num)

ch = None  # tried changing this tried converting types
guess = 0
print(type(guess))
print("Welcome to guessing game: ")


while (
    ch != "n" or ch != "N"
):  # here is the bug this statement is not running. It works with “and”
    while guess != num:
        guess = int(input("Enter your guess?  "))
        if guess == num:
            print("You Guessed Congratz")
            ch = input("Enter 'y' to play or 'n' to exit: ")
            if ch == "y" or ch == "Y":
                guess = 0
                num = randint(1, 10)

print("Thankyou for playing.")


Fixed program : 

from random import randint

num = randint(1, 10)

print(type(num))
print(num)

ch = None  # tried changing this tried converting types
guess = 0
print(type(guess))
print("Welcome to guessing game: ")


while not (
    ch == "n" or ch == "N"
):  # Play until the ch is not n or N 
    while guess != num:
        guess = int(input("Enter your guess?  "))
        if guess == num:
            print("You Guessed Congratz")
            ch = input("Enter 'y' to play or 'n' to exit: ")
            if ch == "y" or ch == "Y":
                guess = 0
                num = randint(1, 10)

print("Thankyou for playing.")

Thanks a lot. I am beginner and will try stack overflow next time. Depending on the error type. Thank you again I learned a lot.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: James Corbett
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 9:57 PM
To: iamsamran1d@gmail.com
Subject: [issue41436] BUG a simple "and" and "or"

James Corbett <james.h.corbett@gmail.com> added the comment:

I think this would have been a better fit for a StackOverflow issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python. Also, it's not a compilation error and it doesn't have anything to do with CPython's testing framework. 

Anyway, I don't think this is a bug. For a string `ch`, it is always true that either `ch != 'n'` or `ch != 'N'`---no string is equal to both `'N'` and `'n'`. Therefore your `while` condition will always be true and the loop will always continue.

As you already noted, your loop will terminate properly if you used `and`. You could also rewrite it as `while ch not in ('n', 'N'):` which I think is clearer.

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nosy: +jameshcorbett

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Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
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Thanks a lot. I am beginner and will try stack overflow next time. Depending on the error type. Thank you again I learned a lot.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: Karthikeyan Singaravelan
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 9:57 PM
To: iamsamran1d@gmail.com
Subject: [issue41436] BUG a simple "and" and "or"

Karthikeyan Singaravelan <tir.karthi@gmail.com> added the comment:

Below is the formatted program for easier reading. In the while clause you ask for the user to enter n to exit but you check (ch != n or ch != N) so on entering "n" the first condition is false but second clause is true. For "N" it's vice-versa. You want to continue the game as long as ch is not 'n' or "N'. Hence using not(ch == 'n' or ch == 'N') will help in exiting the program. This website is for bugs related to CPython itself. Please refer to stack overflow or other mailing lists in future.

Thanks.

from random import randint

num = randint(1, 10)

print(type(num))
print(num)

ch = None  # tried changing this tried converting types
guess = 0
print(type(guess))
print("Welcome to guessing game: ")

while (
    ch != "n" or ch != "N"
):  # here is the bug this statement is not running. It works with “and”
    while guess != num:
        guess = int(input("Enter your guess?  "))
        if guess == num:
            print("You Guessed Congratz")
            ch = input("Enter 'y' to play or 'n' to exit: ")
            if ch == "y" or ch == "Y":
                guess = 0
                num = randint(1, 10)

print("Thankyou for playing.")

Fixed program : 

from random import randint

num = randint(1, 10)

print(type(num))
print(num)

ch = None  # tried changing this tried converting types
guess = 0
print(type(guess))
print("Welcome to guessing game: ")

while not (
    ch == "n" or ch == "N"
):  # Play until the ch is not n or N 
    while guess != num:
        guess = int(input("Enter your guess?  "))
        if guess == num:
            print("You Guessed Congratz")
            ch = input("Enter 'y' to play or 'n' to exit: ")
            if ch == "y" or ch == "Y":
                guess = 0
                num = randint(1, 10)

print("Thankyou for playing.")

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nosy: +jameshcorbett, xtreak
type: compile error -> behavior

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Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
<https://bugs.python.org/issue41436>
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