How to delete unknown user input from console in Python

Question

After running this code , if i put anything either "yes" or "no", its response appears in console, is possible to simply just delete that and just appears "Wrong answer." ?

import random

print("The random number is:")

for x in range(1):
    print(random.randint(1, 6))

while True:

    answer = input("Do you want to roll again? 'yes' or 'no' ")

    print(answer)

    if answer == 'yes':
        for x in range(1):
            print("The new number is:")
            print(random.randint(1, 6))


    elif answer == 'no':
        print("Thanks for playing.")
        break

    else:
        print("Wrong answer.")
        break

is it not easier to print the answer only in the wanted cases ? — PRMoureu
– PRMoureu, Commented Sep 3, 2017 at 15:22
But if the user put anything eihter yes or no , appears in the console — RobotPT
– RobotPT, Commented Sep 3, 2017 at 16:13

PRMoureu · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-03 16:21:17Z

1

I suggest to only print answer in the cases Yes or No :

while True:
    answer = input("Do you want to roll again? 'yes' or 'no' : ")

    if answer.lower() in ['y','yes', 'of course']:
        print('Yes')
        for x in range(1):
            print("The new number is:")
            print(random.randint(1, 6))


    elif answer.lower() in ['n', 'no', 'never']:
        print('No')
        print("Thanks for playing.")
        break

    else:
        print("Wrong answer.")

I just changed the possible answers to allow other answers (more flexible case-insensitive, add other words...)

Also, i removed the break in else statement, i think you should let a chance to users who made typos :)

(I'm not sure you need a for loop to get the random number)

answered Sep 3, 2017 at 16:21

PRMoureu

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2 Comments

RobotPT Over a year ago

Works perfectly , just like i want to, i just add a "break" after print "("Wrong answer.")". if i not put that break was print again "Do you want to roll again?"

PRMoureu Over a year ago

@AndréMartins thank for the feedback, only you can decide what users are allowed to do

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