number = 23 running = True while running: guess = int(raw_input('Enter an integer : ')) if guess == number: print 'Congratulations, you guessed it.' # this causes the while loop to stop running = False elif guess < number: print 'No, it is a little higher than that.' else: print 'No, it is a little lower than that.' else: print 'The while loop is over.' # Do anything else you want to do here print 'Done'