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Thread: Reverse Number guessing game

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    Default Reverse Number guessing game

    I call this a reverse number guessing game because usually the computer would generate a number for you to guess, but I want the computer to guess my number by guessing randomly in decreasing ranges depending on if I say too high or too low.

    The biggest problem I'm having is making the range of the random number be correct. It likes to guess numbers out of the range.

    The computer starts off by giving me a number from 1 - 100. Then i type in "th", "tl", or "co" (too high, too low, correct).

    If I say too low the lowest number in the range should change to the previous guess and same for if i say too high (but it gets set to the previous highest number instead of previous lowest).

    This should decrease the range of the random generator until it gets to the point where the range is so small that the computer can only guess my number or it might just get lucky before that (just like a human).

    Here's the code:
    import java.util.*;	
     
    public class computer_guess 
    {
    	public static void main(String[] args) 
    	{
    		Scanner console;
    		console = new Scanner(System.in);
    		Random aRandom = new Random(); 
     
    		int  
    			prev_low = 1, 
    			prev_high = 100, 
    			guess = aRandom.nextInt(prev_high) + prev_low,
    			guesses = 0;
     
     
    	//	long time = 0; 
     
    		boolean win = false;
     
    		String feedback;
     
     
     
    		while(!win)
    		{
    			System.out.println("My guess is: " + guess);
    			feedback = console.nextLine();
    			//
     
    			if(feedback.equals("tl") || feedback.equals("th") || feedback.equals("co"))
    			{
    				if(feedback.equals("tl"))//too low
    				{
    					prev_low = guess;
    					System.out.println(feedback);
    				}
    				else if(feedback.equals("th"))//too high
    				{
     
    					prev_high = guess;
    					System.out.println(feedback);
    				}
    				else if(feedback.equals("co"))//correct
    				{
    					System.out.print("Yay, I WIN!");
    					win = true;
    					System.out.println(feedback);
    				}
     
    				guess = aRandom.nextInt(prev_high) + prev_low;
    				//++guesses;
    				//feedback = " ";
    				//System.out.print(feedback);
    			}
    		}
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: Reverse Number guessing game

    You're generating a random number in the range of [prev_low, prev_low+prev_high). To generate one in the correct range, pass the difference between the high and low values to nextInt()

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    Default Re: Reverse Number guessing game

    wow lol that was easy thanks!

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    Default Re: Reverse Number guessing game

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    Default Re: Reverse Number guessing game

    Sorry for the trouble, didnt know these forums were connected (are they?). And the lying part I wasnt meaning to lie i just wanted to give a quick answer. (other forum they said i lied which basically i did )
    Last edited by rarman555; April 23rd, 2011 at 08:12 PM.

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    Default Re: Reverse Number guessing game

    No, the two forums are run by different groups. However, since we have a common interest (Java programming), there may happen to be people who are members of both forums.

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