Project: Build a Python Program

The brief

Build a small console program of your choice — a quiz, a to-do manager, a simple calculator, or a number-guessing game.

Example: number-guessing game

This little game ties together almost everything from the course — a module (random), a variable, a while loop, input, and if/elif decisions. The computer picks a secret number and the player keeps guessing until they get it.

import random

secret = random.randint(1, 10)
guess = 0

while guess != secret:
    guess = int(input("Guess (1-10): "))
    if guess < secret:
        print("Too low")
    elif guess > secret:
        print("Too high")

print("Correct! 🎉")

Here is the whole flow, step by step:

1. import random brings in the random module so we can pick an unpredictable number.
2. random.randint(1, 10) chooses a secret whole number from 1 to 10 and stores it in secret. We set guess = 0 just so the loop has something to compare on the very first check.
3. The while guess != secret: loop keeps repeating as long as the guess is not equal to the secret (!= means “not equal”).
4. Each turn, int(input(...)) asks the player for a number and converts their text into an integer.
5. The if/elif then compares: if the guess is too small it prints Too low, if too big Too high. (If it is exactly right, neither runs — and the loop’s condition is now false.)
6. Once the guess matches, the loop ends and the final line prints the congratulations message.