Thread: How to narrow down the range of input in java?

i have a question about my program. i have it set up to give an interval if its to high or to low but its a very wide range i was wondering if there was a way to narrow the range down to within like ten of the random number here is the code i have now.

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.*;
 
public class NumberGame
{
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        Random random = new Random();
        int rand = random.nextInt(100);
        int guesses = 0;
        int low = 1;
        int high = 100;
 
        System.out.println("I'm thinking of a number between 0 and 100. Whats your guess?");
 
        while (sc.hasNextInt())
        {
            int myGuess = sc.nextInt();
            if (myGuess == rand)
            {
                guesses++;
                System.out.println("Congratulations! I was thinking " + rand
                        + ". It took you " + guesses + " guesses.");
                break;
            }
            else if (myGuess < rand)
            {
                System.out.println("Try to guess higher.Try Between:"+":"+myGuess+"-"+high);
                guesses++;
 
            }
            else if (myGuess > rand)
            {
                System.out.println("Try to guess lower.Try Between"+":"+myGuess+"-"+low);
                guesses++;
 
           }
        }
 
 
    }
 
}

Hello big_c.

I have edited the code to show a range of 10 either side of the guess.

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.*;
 
public class NumberGame
{
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        Random random = new Random();
        int rand = random.nextInt(100);
        int guesses = 0;
        int low = 1;
        int high = 100;
 
        System.out.println(rand);
 
        System.out.println("I'm thinking of a number between 0 and 100. Whats your guess?");
 
        while (sc.hasNextInt())
        {
            int myGuess = sc.nextInt();
            if (myGuess == rand)
            {
                guesses++;
                System.out.println("Congratulations! I was thinking " + rand
                        + ". It took you " + guesses + " guesses.");
                break;
            }
            else if (myGuess < rand)
            {
                int a = (rand + 10);
                int b = (rand - 10);
 
                if(b < myGuess){
                    b = myGuess;
                }
                System.out.println("Try to guess higher." + " Try Between: "  + b + "-" + a);
                guesses++;
 
            }
            else if (myGuess > rand)
            {
                int a = (rand + 10);
                int b = (rand - 10);
 
                   if(b > myGuess){
                    b = myGuess;
                }
                System.out.println("Try to guess lower." + " Try Between:"  + b + "-" + a);
                guesses++;
 
           }
        }
 
 
    }
 
}

Did you see the if statements I added?

This fixes a few problems. Compile this code with the if statments commented out:

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.*;
 
public class NumberGame
{
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        Random random = new Random();
        int rand = random.nextInt(100);
        int guesses = 0;
        int low = 1;
        int high = 100;
 
        System.out.println(rand);
 
        System.out.println("I'm thinking of a number between 0 and 100. Whats your guess?");
 
        while (sc.hasNextInt())
        {
            int myGuess = sc.nextInt();
            if (myGuess == rand)
            {
                guesses++;
                System.out.println("Congratulations! I was thinking " + rand
                        + ". It took you " + guesses + " guesses.");
                break;
            }
            else if (myGuess < rand)
            {
                int a = (rand + 10);
                int b = (rand - 10);
 
                //if(b < myGuess){
                //    b = myGuess;
                //}
                System.out.println("Try to guess higher." + " Try Between: "  + b + "-" + a);
                guesses++;
 
            }
            else if (myGuess > rand)
            {
                int a = (rand + 10);
                int b = (rand - 10);
 
                   //if(b > myGuess){
                //    b = myGuess;
                //}
                System.out.println("Try to guess lower." + " Try Between:"  + b + "-" + a);
                guesses++;
 
           }
        }
 
 
    }
 
}

You will see that without the if statements, if the rand number is 30, and I guess 29, the program says "Try between 20 and 40"

Thats because it is doing 10 either side of the rand number.

I've already guessed over 20 so it makes sense to say "Try between 29 and 40"

Thats what these if statements do. Un-comment them to see the difference. I hope you understand what I mean.

Originally Posted by big_c

ahhh i see what your saying now. that makes sense. thats for the help and clarification

Thats no problem. I just thought this made the program more user friendly.

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Thanks big_c!