How can i fix my variable in function

Question

I'm confused on why my "tries" can't plus 1 in my code .
can anyone help me with my code?
Here's the code I wrote :
import random
number = random.randint(1,100)
print("Here's the question\nI'm looking for a number from 1 to 100 ")
guess_num = input("Enter a number :")
def guessing_func(guess_num):
tries = 1
if guess_num < number :
print("guess higher ")
guess_num = input("Try again :")
return guessing_func(guess_num)
tries += 1
elif guess_num > number :
print("guess lower ")
guess_num = input("Try again :")
return guessing_func(guess_num)
tries += 1
elif guess_num == number :
print("You got it ,the number is {0} . \nYou have tried {1} times".format(number , tries ))
guessing_func(guess_num)

Answer 1

You're using recursion, each time you call the function again tries is defined as 1. try using a while statement to keep testing till you get the number. like this.
def guessing_func(guess_num):
tries = 1
while(True) :
if guess_num < number :
print("guess higher ")
guess_num = input("Try again :")
tries += 1
elif guess_num > number :
print("guess lower ")
guess_num = input("Try again :")
tries += 1
elif guess_num == number :
print("You got it ,the number is {0} . \nYou have tried {1}
times".format(number , tries ))
break

Answer 2

you can make your function accept another variable which would be tries
def guessing_func(guess_num,tries):
accept tries as 1 at the start and then change the return function to:
return guessing_func(guess_num,tries+1)
at every point.

Answer 3

Thanks a lot Mr. Sim ,but I still cannot figure out how to fix the code a better way
Can anyone else give me a more specific answer?
I'll be very appreciated!!!!!Thanks
I had just improved it , but I still can't get the right output in the end .
import random
number = random.randint(1,10)
tries = 1
print("Here's the question\nI'm looking for a number from 1 to 10 ")
guess_num = int(input("Enter a number :"))
def guessing_func(guess_num):
i = tries
while guess_num != number :
i += 1
if guess_num < number :
print("guess higher ")
guess_num = int(input("Try again :"))
return guessing_func(guess_num)
elif guess_num > number :
print("guess lower ")
guess_num = int(input("Try again :"))
return guessing_func(guess_num)
elif guess_num == number :
print("You got it ,the number is {0} . \nYou have tried {1} times".format(number , i ))
guessing_func(guess_num)

Answer 4

your return is before the +=.
It makes the function leave so it will never make it to the +=, just put it on the line before return