python - How to add a counter to a while loop?

Question

I have some code which asks the user to guess the answer to a calculation, and then either tells them they are correct or tries to identify where they went wrong. I have used a while loop in this but sometimes it gets stuck, is there a way to add a counter to the guesses taken, and to break the while loop after 5 incorrect guesses?

Answer 1

In general it should look like this:

i = 0
while i < max_guesses:
    i+=1
    # here is your code