CS256 - Principles of Structured Design Fall 2021

Displaying ./code/cs256su21code/jul08/guess.c

/*

making a guessing game:

Here, the computer picks a random number and we try to guess it
in as few tries as possible

*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h> //needed to seed the generator to the computer clock

#define MAX 100  //defining the maximum number the computer will guess

int main(){

	int ans, guess;
	int count = 0;
	time_t t;


	 /* Intializes random number generator */
   	srand((unsigned) time(&t)); // time(&t)- gets the time of day
   								//srand((unsigned) time(&t)) -seeds the generator to the computer clock
   	ans = rand() % MAX;// guessing the number

   	printf("--I'm thinking of a number--\n");

   	for(;;){ //loop while the user hasn't yet guessed the number

   		printf("Enter a guess: ");
   		scanf("%d", &guess);

   		if(ans > guess)
   			printf("Too low, guess again\n");
   		else if(ans < guess)
   			printf("Too high, guess again\n");
   		else
   			break; //the user got the number right, so get out of the loop

   		count++;

   	}

   	printf("You guessed correctly! thanks for playing!\n");
   	printf("It took you %d tries\n", count);

	return 0;
}