Getting while loops to continue in Python

Question

I'm trying to make a small program which can tell whether or not the correct password has been entered and keep asking for the correct password until it is entered. The correct password is 'Secret'.

I get as far as creating my while loop. It will ask for the password and ask to enter it again, but it will do this regardless of whether you enter the correct password first time round or not. Where am I going wrong? And how can I get it to break if the correct password is entered first time and how do I keep it asking for the password until it is entered correctly?

This is my code so far:

password = raw_input('What is the password? ')
correctPassword = 'Secret'
tryAgain = raw_input ('Enter password again ')

password
while password == False:
    print 'Enter password again '
    if password == correctPassword:
        print 'You are in!'
        break

There is no syntax error. Try to comment your code in plain English and see whether it does what you want it to. — eumiro
– eumiro, Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 11:51

Rohit Jain · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 12:00:00Z

6

Try the below code: -

password= raw_input('What is the password? ')
correctPassword= 'Secret'

while password != correctPassword:
    password = raw_input ('Enter password again ')

print "Success"

This will execute the while loop until the password input in the while loop is not equal to the correct password.

edited Oct 17, 2012 at 12:00

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 11:50

Rohit Jain

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The Dark Knight Over a year ago

@pazza : This is a good solution given by rohit. What you need to do is u have to compare your password with the correct pass word string. Only then you can say whether its correct or not .Upvoted

PazzaPythonNewbie Over a year ago

Thank you very much! What does the != tell it to do?

Rohit Jain Over a year ago

@PazzaPythonNewbie Its telling while password is not equal to correctPassword.

lucasg · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 12:02:34Z

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Here is the right code.

correctPassword= 'Secret'
while True:
    password= raw_input('What is the password? ')
    if password == correctPassword:
        print 'You are in!'
        break
    print 'Enter password again '

edited Oct 17, 2012 at 12:02

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 11:55

lucasg

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root Over a year ago

Your code is incorrect. Try entering the correct password...you have to do it three times, before you 'get in.'

elvan celik · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-17 18:55:14Z

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Here is my code

password = 'password'
Get_password = input("Enter the password: ")
while Get_password != password:
     print("the password you entered is not correct, enter the correct   password")
     break
print("You are logged in!")

edited Jan 17, 2017 at 18:55

answered Jan 17, 2017 at 18:33

elvan celik

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