Guess My Number Game

# Name: James Inglis
# Course: Robotics Programming
# Professor: Ms.Stockbridge
# Date: 9/22/14
# Description: This program is the, "Guessing My Number" game
#              on pg 82 in Python Programming Third Edition.
#

import random

# Displaying the directions.
print("\tWelcome to \'Guess My Number\'!")
print("\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.")
print("Try to guess it in as few attempts as possible.\n")

# Storing and asking for a number.
the_number = random.randint(1, 100)
guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1


# If the guess is over the number, display lower.
# Otherwise, display higher.
while guess != the_number:
    if guess > the_number:
        print("Lower....")
    else:
        print("Higher...")

    guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
    tries += 1

print("You guessed it!! The number was", the_number)
print("And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n")