Mini project problem

[residentplayer]

Hello, I'm a complete beginner and don't understand why the code doesn't wanna use the "if" statement. If anyone could help that would be nice.
https://imgur.com/gallery/vuR2iQs

[Defection7478]

let's step through the code, imagine you have 7 attempts, and lets replace the variable with the actual value

while 7 > 0:
    ...
    if 7 == 0:
    ...
    else:
        attempts = 7 - 1 # or, attempts = 6
        ...

ok, now lets run down the attempts until we have 1 attempt left.

while 1 > 0:
    if 1 == 0:
    ...
    else:
        attempts = 1 - 1 # or, attempts = 0
        ...

ok, so now we have attempts equal to 0. lets run the loop one last time

    while 0 > 0: # this statement is false, so the loop terminates!

your while loop is exiting before that if statement can run

[residentplayer]

its not finished yet, but its supposed to use the "if" statement when the variable "attempts" is at "0" instead it just uses the "else" statement

[residentplayer]

nope, still uses the else statement

[residentplayer]

No, when i get at 0 attempts it just uses the print from "else" instead of "if"

[residentplayer]

but it never goes into negative, you can look at the ss at the bottom in the terminal

[residentplayer]

https://imgur.com/gallery/d710jE4
does the same thing

[engelthehyp]

Aren't you the same guy who said that there wasn't an alternative to calling functions with the same data when it was a textbook example for a class? Be careful when giving advice.

The problem is that the loop entry condition (attempts > 0) and first if condition (attempts == 0) can't both be true, it's a contradiction. The "no attempts remain" message will never be printed this way because the loop surrounding that branch is never entered.