How to restart a simple coin tossing game

Question

I am using python 2.6.6

I am simply trying to restart the program based on user input from the very beginning. thanks

import random
import time
print         


        

Answer 1

I recommend:

1. Factoring your code into functions; it makes it a lot more readable
2. Using helpful variable names
3. Not consuming your constants (after the first time through your code, how do you know how many guesses to start with?)

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import random
import time

GUESSES = 5

def playGame():
    remaining = GUESSES
    correct = 0

    while remaining>0:
        hiddenValue = random.choice(('heads','tails'))
        person = raw_input('Heads or Tails?').lower()

        if person in ('q','quit','e','exit','bye'):
            print('Quitter!')
            break
        elif hiddenValue=='heads' and person in ('h','head','heads'):
            print('Correct!')
            correct += 1
        elif hiddenValue=='tails' and person in ('t','tail','tails'):
            print('Correct!')
            correct += 1
        else:
            print('Nope, sorry...')
            remaining -= 1

    print('You got {0} correct (out of {1})\n'.format(correct, correct+GUESSES-remaining))

def main():
    print("You may press q to quit at any time")
    print("You have {0} chances".format(GUESSES))

    while True:
        playGame()
        again = raw_input('Play again? (Y/n)').lower()
        if again in ('n','no','q','quit','e','exit','bye'):
            break