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Test Drive

To run the program, you need to make sure that the edit window for
the game.py program code is selected. Each time you run (or rerun) When you run your code within IDLE,
the program, you need to click on the IDLE edit window and choose any messages appear within the Python
the Run Module option from the Run menu. The word module is Shell, not within the edit window.
a name that IDLE uses to refer to your program code. IDLE automatically makes the shell the
Here’s what happens when you run the code: currently selected window the instant
your program runs.

A couple of incorrect guesses...

...and then the correct
answer.

Congratulations! The program works.

Each time you run the code, it displays a “Welcome!” message,
accepts input from the keyboard, and then tells us whether or not
we guessed the right answer. That means the program is accepting
input, it’s processing the data, and then it generates output.

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