Create Mastermind Game using Python

Mastermind Game using Python

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+import random
+
+
+# the .randrange() function generates a
+# random number within the specified range.
+num = random.randrange(1000, 10000)
+
+n = int(input("Guess the 4 digit number:"))
+
+# condition to test equality of the
+# guess made. Program terminates if true.
+if (n == num):
+	print("Great! You guessed the number in just 1 try! You're a Mastermind!")
+else:
+	# ctr variable initialized. It will keep count of
+	# the number of tries the Player takes to guess the number.
+	ctr = 0
+
+	# while loop repeats as long as the
+	# Player fails to guess the number correctly.
+	while (n != num):
+		# variable increments every time the loop
+		# is executed, giving an idea of how many
+		# guesses were made.
+		ctr += 1
+
+		count = 0
+
+		# explicit type conversion of an integer to
+		# a string in order to ease extraction of digits
+		n = str(n)
+
+		# explicit type conversion of a string to an integer
+		num = str(num)
+
+		# correct[] list stores digits which are correct
+		correct = ['X']*4
+
+		# for loop runs 4 times since the number has 4 digits.
+		for i in range(0, 4):
+
+			# checking for equality of digits
+			if (n[i] == num[i]):
+				# number of digits guessed correctly increments
+				count += 1
+				# hence, the digit is stored in correct[].
+				correct[i] = n[i]
+			else:
+				continue
+
+		# when not all the digits are guessed correctly.
+		# if (count < 4) and (count != 0): - this condition is not needed as we are starting with the condition, n!=num, which is, count<4
+		print("Not quite the number. But you did get ",
+				count, " digit(s) correct!")
+		# second code is not supposed to print the guessed numbers, from the sample output, here I get we are not recording the position of the guess,but count. But as per the explanation, the code should not print the guessed numbers, rather give their count.
+			# print("Also these numbers in your input were correct.")
+			# for k in correct:
+			# print(k, end=' ')
+		print('\n')
+		print('\n')
+		n = int(input("Enter your next choice of numbers: "))
+
+		# when none of the digits are guessed correctly.
+		elif (count == 0):
+			print("None of the numbers in your input match.")
+			n = int(input("Enter your next choice of numbers: "))
+
+	# condition for equality.
+	if n == num:
+	# ctr must be incremented when the n==num gets executed as we have the other incrmentation in the n!=num condition
+		ctr+=1
+		print("You've become a Mastermind!")
+		print("It took you only", ctr, "tries.")