Re^2: Number Guessing Game

[randomhero1270]

I fixed the counter so now it works. My questions are, how do I make it actually guess higher when I type "low" or guess lower when I type "high" and why does it still guess 0? Here is my updated code

use strict;
my ($number, $new_guess, $my_hint, @guesses);
my $range = 9;
my $count = 1;
$number = int(rand($range)); #min of 1 and high of 10, range does 0-gi
+ven int so i made the range 9 (0-9) and added one to it -> (1-10)
print "My guess is: $number \n";
print "High, low, or right?\n";
while($my_hint ne "right"){
chomp($my_hint = <STDIN>);
@guesses[$count] = $my_hint;
    if ($my_hint eq "low"){
        $new_guess = int(rand($number));
        print "I guess: " . $new_guess . "\n";
        print "High, low, or right?\n";
    }
    elsif ($my_hint eq "high"){    
        $new_guess = int(rand($number));
        print "I guess: " . $new_guess . "\n";
        print "High, low, or right?\n";
    }
    elsif ($my_hint eq "right"){
        print "It took me " . $count . " tries\n"; 
    }
    else{
        print "What? Am I high, low, or right?\n";
    }    
    $count++;
}

[roboticus]

randomhero1270:

The problem is that you're selecting a number at random throughout the range, and you're never adjusting the range. For example, if we were playing the game using 1-100 as the range and you guessed 65 and I said "low", then you'd want to guess a number between 66 and 100. If you then guessed 75 and I said "high", you'd want to guess a number between 66 and 74.

So you need to update the upper or lower limit based on the feedback from the user.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

[randomhero1270]

I made it stop guessing zero. I just don't really understand how to set a new minimum or maximum and have it still guess a random number. Updated code below

use strict;
my ($number, $new_guess, $my_hint, @guesses);
my $range = 9;
my $count = 1;
my $number = 1 + int rand 10; #min of 1 and high of 10, range does 0-g
+iven int so i made the range 9 (0-9) and added one to it -> (1-10)
print "My guess is: $number \n";
print "High, low, or right?\n";
while($my_hint ne "right"){
chomp($my_hint = <STDIN>);
@guesses[$count] = $my_hint;
    if ($my_hint eq "low"){
        $new_guess = ((1 + int rand 10);
        print "I guess: " . $new_guess . "\n";
        print "High, low, or right?\n";
    }
    elsif ($my_hint eq "high"){    
        $new_guess = (1 + int rand 10);
        print "I guess: " . $new_guess . "\n";
        print "High, low, or right?\n";
    }
    elsif ($my_hint eq "right"){
        print "It took me " . $count . " tries\n"; 
    }
    else{
        print "What? Am I high, low, or right?\n";
    }    
    $count++;
}

[randomhero1270]

thanks I understand what you are saying. How do you define a range?

[roboticus]

randomhero1270:

To select a random number in a particular range:

my $low=65;
my $high=75;
my $guess = int(rand($high-$low+1))+$low;

Since the range is 65 to 75, there are only 11 choices. So the left part chooses a number from 0 to 10, and then we add the $low end of the range back to turn it into 65 to 75.

Update: as one popular signature goes: Figure out how you'd do it by hand, then program the computer. When you're playing against another person, you don't just guess a random number between 1 and 10 each time, do you? If you did, people would stare at you in puzzlement when you guess 5 they say "high" and then you guess 3. So think about how you do your guessing, and make the computer do it the same way.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.