Guess the number/With feedback

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Task
Guess the number/With feedback
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

The task is to write a game that follows the following rules:

The computer will choose a number between given set limits and asks the player for repeated guesses until the player guesses the target number correctly. At each guess, the computer responds with whether the guess was higher than, equal to, or less than the target - or signals that the input was inappropriate.

C.f: Guess the number/With Feedback (Player)

Ada

<lang Ada>with Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random; with Ada.Text_IO; procedure Guess_Number_Feedback is

  procedure Guess_Number (Lower_Limit : Integer; Upper_Limit : Integer) is
     subtype Number is Integer range Lower_Limit .. Upper_Limit;
     package Number_IO is new Ada.Text_IO.Integer_IO (Number);
     package Number_RNG is new Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random (Number);
     Generator  : Number_RNG.Generator;
     My_Number  : Number;
     Your_Guess : Number;
  begin
     Number_RNG.Reset (Generator);
     My_Number := Number_RNG.Random (Generator);
     Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Guess my number!");
     loop
        Ada.Text_IO.Put ("Your guess: ");
        Number_IO.Get (Your_Guess);
        exit when Your_Guess = My_Number;
        if Your_Guess > My_Number then
           Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Wrong, too high!");
        else
           Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Wrong, too low!");
        end if;
     end loop;
     Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Well guessed!");
  end Guess_Number;
  package Int_IO is new Ada.Text_IO.Integer_IO (Integer);
  Lower_Limit : Integer;
  Upper_Limit : Integer;

begin

  loop
     Ada.Text_IO.Put ("Lower Limit: ");
     Int_IO.Get (Lower_Limit);
     Ada.Text_IO.Put ("Upper Limit: ");
     Int_IO.Get (Upper_Limit);
     exit when Lower_Limit < Upper_Limit;
     Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Lower limit must be lower!");
  end loop;
  Guess_Number (Lower_Limit, Upper_Limit);

end Guess_Number_Feedback;</lang>

ALGOL 68

Works with: ALGOL 68G version Any - tested with release 2.8.win32

<lang algol68># simple guess-the-number game #

main:(

   BOOL valid input := TRUE;
   # register an error handler so we can detect and recover from #
   # invalid input #
   on value error( stand in
                 , ( REF FILE f )BOOL:
                   BEGIN
                       valid input := FALSE;
                       TRUE
                   END
                 );
   # construct a random integer between 1 and 100                #
   INT   number = 1 + ROUND ( random * 99 );
   print( ( "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100", newline ) );
   # read the user's guesses until they guess correctly          #
   # we give feedback so they can find the number using interval #
   # halving                                                     #
   WHILE
       print( ( "What do you think it is? " ) );
       INT guess;
       WHILE
           valid input := TRUE;
           read( ( guess, newline ) );
           NOT valid input
       DO
           print( ( "Please guess a number between 1 and 100", newline ) )
       OD;
       number /= guess
   DO
       IF number > guess
       THEN
           # the user's guess was too small #
           print( ( newline, "My number is higher than that", newline ) )
       ELSE
           # the user's guess was too large #
           print( ( newline, "My number is lower than that",  newline ) )
       FI
   OD;
   print( ( "That's correct!", newline ) )

)</lang>

Output:
I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100
What do you think it is? f
Please guess a number between 1 and 100
q
Please guess a number between 1 and 100
50

My number is higher than that
What do you think it is? 75

My number is lower than that
What do you think it is? 67

My number is higher than that
What do you think it is? 72

My number is higher than that
What do you think it is? 73
That's correct!

AppleScript

<lang AppleScript>-- defining the range of the number to be guessed property minLimit : 1 property maxLimit : 100

on run -- define the number to be guessed set numberToGuess to (random number from minLimit to maxLimit) -- prepare a variable to store the user's answer set guessedNumber to missing value -- prepare a variable for feedback set tip to "" -- start a loop (will be exited by using "exit repeat" after a correct guess) repeat -- ask the user for his/her guess, the variable tip contains text after first guess only set usersChoice to (text returned of (display dialog "Guess the number between " & minLimit & " and " & maxLimit & " inclusive" & return & tip default answer "" buttons {"Check"} default button "Check")) -- try to convert the given answer to an integer and compare it the number to be guessed try set guessedNumber to usersChoice as integer if guessedNumber is greater than maxLimit or guessedNumber is less than minLimit then -- the user guessed a number outside the given range set tip to "(Tipp: Enter a number between " & minLimit & " and " & maxLimit & ")" else if guessedNumber is less than numberToGuess then -- the user guessed a number less than the correct number set tip to "(Tipp: The number is greater than " & guessedNumber & ")" else if guessedNumber is greater than numberToGuess then -- the user guessed a number greater than the correct number set tip to "(Tipp: The number is less than " & guessedNumber & ")" else if guessedNumber is equal to numberToGuess then -- the user guessed the correct number and gets informed display dialog "Well guessed! The number was " & numberToGuess buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" -- exit the loop (quits this application) exit repeat end if on error -- something went wrong, remind the user to enter a numeric value set tip to "(Tipp: Enter a number between " & minLimit & " and " & maxLimit & ")" end try end repeat end run</lang>

AutoHotkey

<lang AutoHotkey>MinNum = 1 MaxNum = 99999999999

Random, RandNum, %MinNum%, %MaxNum% Loop {

InputBox, Guess, Number Guessing, Please enter a number between %MinNum% and %MaxNum%:,, 350, 130,,,,, %Guess%
If ErrorLevel
 ExitApp
If Guess Is Not Integer
{
 MsgBox, 16, Error, Invalid guess.
 Continue
}
If Guess Not Between %MinNum% And %MaxNum%
{
 MsgBox, 16, Error, Guess must be a number between %MinNum% and %MaxNum%.
 Continue
}
If A_Index = 1
 TotalTime = %A_TickCount%
Tries = %A_Index%
If Guess = %RandNum%
 Break
If Guess < %RandNum%
 MsgBox, 64, Incorrect, The number guessed (%Guess%) was too low.
If Guess > %RandNum%
 MsgBox, 64, Incorrect, The number guessed (%Guess%) was too high.

} TotalTime := Round((A_TickCount - TotalTime) / 1000,1) MsgBox, 64, Correct, The number %RandNum% was guessed in %Tries% tries, which took %TotalTime% seconds.</lang>

AWK

<lang AWK>

  1. syntax: GAWK -f GUESS_THE_NUMBER_WITH_FEEDBACK.AWK

BEGIN {

   L = 1
   H = 100
   srand()
   n = int(rand() * (H-L+1)) + 1
   printf("I am thinking of a number between %d and %d. Try to guess it.\n",L,H)
   while (1) {
     getline ans
     if (ans !~ /^[0-9]+$/) {
       print("Your input was not a number. Try again.")
       continue
     }
     if (n == ans) {
       print("Well done you.")
       break
     }
     if (n > ans) {
       print("Incorrect, your answer was too low. Try again.")
       continue
     }
     if (n < ans) {
       print("Incorrect, your answer was too high. Try again.")
       continue
     }
   }
   exit(0)

} </lang>

BASIC

Applesoft BASIC

<lang ApplesoftBasic>100 L% = 1 110 U% = 10 120 N% = RND(1) * (U% - L% + 1) + L% 130 PRINT "A NUMBER FROM " L%; 140 PRINT " TO " U%; 150 PRINT ", CALLED A TARGET, HAS BEEN RANDOMLY CHOSEN." 160 FOR Q = 0 TO 1 STEP 0 170 INPUT "GUESS THE TARGET NUMBER: "; G% 180 IF G% < L% OR G% > U% THEN PRINT "THE INPUT WAS INAPPROPRIATE." 190 IF G% > N% THEN PRINT "THE GUESS WAS HIGHER THAN THE TARGET." 200 IF G% < N% THEN PRINT "THE GUESS WAS LESS THAN THE TARGET." 210 Q = G% = N% 220 NEXT 230 PRINT "THE GUESS WAS EQUAL TO THE TARGET."</lang>

BASIC256

Works with: BASIC256

<lang basic256> Min = 5: Max = 15 chosen = int(rand*(Max-Min+1)) + Min print "Guess a whole number between "+Min+" and "+Max do

  input "Enter your number " ,guess
  if guess < Min OR guess > Max then 

print "That was an invalid number" end

  else

if guess < chosen then print "Sorry, your number was too low"

       if guess > chosen then  print "Sorry, your number was too high"
       if guess = chosen then print "Well guessed!"
  end if

until guess = chosen </lang> Output:(example)

Guess a whole number between 5 and 15
Enter your number 10
Sorry, your number was too high
Enter your number 7
Sorry, your number was too low
Enter your number 8
Well guessed!

Batch File

<lang dos>@echo off

A

set /a number=%random% %% 10 + 1

B

set /p guess=Choose a number between 1 and 10: if %guess equ %number% goto win if %guess% gtr 10 msg * "Number must be between 1 and 10." if %guess% leq 0 msg * "Number must be between 1 and 10." if %guess% gtr %number% echo Higher! if %guess% lss %number% echo Lower! goto B

win

cls echo You won! The number was %number% pause>nul goto A</lang>

BBC BASIC

<lang bbcbasic> Min% = 1

     Max% = 10
     chosen% = RND(Max%-Min%+1) + Min% - 1
     REPEAT
       PRINT "Guess a number between "; Min% " and " ;Max% ;
       INPUT ": " guess%
       CASE TRUE OF
         WHEN guess% < Min% OR guess% > Max%:
           PRINT "That was an invalid number"
         WHEN guess% < chosen%:
           PRINT "Sorry, your number was too low"
         WHEN guess% > chosen%:
           PRINT "Sorry, your number was too high"
         OTHERWISE:
           PRINT "Well guessed!"
           EXIT REPEAT
       ENDCASE
     UNTIL FALSE
     END</lang>

Brat

<lang brat>number = random 10

p "Guess a number between 1 and 10."

until {

 guess = ask("Guess: ").to_i
 true? (guess.null? || { guess > 10 || guess < 1 })
   { p "Please guess a number between 1 and 10."}
   { true? guess == number
     { p "Correct!"; true }
     { true? guess < number
       { p "Too low!" }
       { p "Too high!" }
     }
   }

}</lang>

C

<lang c>#include <stdlib.h>

  1. include <stdio.h>
  2. include <time.h>
  1. define lower_limit 0
  2. define upper_limit 100

int main(){

 int number, guess;
 srand( time( 0 ) );
 number = lower_limit + rand() % (upper_limit - lower_limit + 1);
 printf( "Guess the number between %d and %d: ", lower_limit, upper_limit );
 while( scanf( "%d", &guess ) == 1 ){
   if( number == guess ){
     printf( "You guessed correctly!\n" );
     break;
   }
   printf( "Your guess was too %s.\nTry again: ", number < guess ? "high" : "low" );
 }
 return 0;

}</lang>

Demonstration:

Guess the number between 0 and 100: 50
Your guess was too low.
Try again: 75
Your guess was too high.
Try again: 63
Your guess was too high.
Try again: 57
Your guess was too low.
Try again: 60
Your guess was too high.
Try again: 58
Your guess was too low.
Try again: 59
You guessed correctly!

C++

<lang cpp>#include <iostream>

  1. include <cstdlib>
  2. include <ctime>

int main() {

   std::srand(std::time(0));
   int lower, upper, guess;
   std::cout << "Enter lower limit: ";
   std::cin >> lower;
   std::cout << "Enter upper limit: ";
   std::cin >> upper;
   int random_number = lower + std::rand() % ((upper + 1) - lower);
   do
   {
       std::cout << "Guess what number I have: ";
       std::cin >> guess;
       if (guess > random_number)
           std::cout << "Your guess is too high\n";
       else if (guess < random_number)
           std::cout << "Your guess is too low\n";
       else
           std::cout << "You got it!\n";
   } while (guess != random_number);
   return 0;

}</lang> Output:

Enter lower limit: 1
Enter upper limit: 100
Guess what number I have: 50
Your guess is too high
Guess what number I have: 40
Your guess is too high
Guess what number I have: 25
Your guess is too high
Guess what number I have: 10
Your guess is too high
Guess what number I have: 2
Your guess is too low
Guess what number I have: 4
Your guess is too high
Guess what number I have: 3
You got it!

C#

<lang csharp>using System;

class Program {

   static void Main(string[] args)
   {
       const int from = 1;
       const int to = 10;
       int randomNumber = new Random().Next(from, to);
       int guessedNumber;
       Console.Write("The number is between {0} and {1}. ", from, to);
       while (true)
       {
           Console.Write("Make a guess: ");
           if (int.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out guessedNumber))
           {
               if (guessedNumber == randomNumber)
               {
                   Console.WriteLine("You guessed the right number!");
                   break;
               }
               else
               {
                   Console.WriteLine("Your guess was too {0}.", (guessedNumber > randomNumber) ? "high" : "low");
               }
           }
           else
           {
               Console.WriteLine("Input was not an integer.");
           }
       }
       Console.WriteLine();
       Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");
       Console.ReadKey();
   }

} </lang> Output:

The number is between 1 and 10. Make a guess: 1
Your guess was too low.
Make a guess: 9
Your guess was too high.
Make a guess: 5
Your guess was too low.
Make a guess: 6
Your guess was too low.
Make a guess: hello, world
Input was not an integer.
Make a guess: 7
You guessed the right number!
 
Press any key to exit.

Clojure

<lang clojure>(defn guess-run []

 (let [start 1

end 100 target (+ start (rand-int (inc (- end start))))]

   (printf "Guess a number between %d and %d" start end)
   (loop [i 1]
     (printf "Your guess %d:\n" i)
     (let [ans (read)]

(if (cond (not (number? ans)) (println "Invalid format") (or (< ans start) (> ans end)) (println "Out of range") (< ans target) (println "too low") (> ans target) (println "too high") :else true) (println "Correct") (recur (inc i)))))))</lang>

COBOL

<lang cobol> IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

      PROGRAM-ID. Guess-With-Feedback.
      DATA DIVISION.
      LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION.
      01  Seed       PIC 9(8).
      01  Random-Num PIC 99.
      01  Guess      PIC 99.

      PROCEDURE DIVISION.
          ACCEPT Seed FROM TIME
          COMPUTE Random-Num =
              FUNCTION REM(FUNCTION RANDOM(Seed) * 1000, 10) + 1
          DISPLAY "Guess a number between 1 and 10:"

          PERFORM FOREVER
              ACCEPT Guess

              IF Guess > Random-Num
                  DISPLAY "Your guess was too high."
              ELSE IF Guess < Random-Num
                  DISPLAY "Your guess was too low."
              ELSE
                  DISPLAY "Well guessed!"
                  EXIT PERFORM
          END-PERFORM

          GOBACK
          .</lang>

Common Lisp

<lang lisp>(defun guess-the-number-feedback (&optional (min 1) (max 100))

 (let ((num-guesses 0)

(num (+ (random (1+ (- max min))) min)) (guess nil))

   (format t "Try to guess a number from ~:d to ~:d!~%" min max)
   (loop do (format t "Guess? ")

(incf num-guesses) (setf guess (read)) (format t "Your guess is ~[not a number.~;too small.~;too large.~;correct!~]~%" (cond ((not (numberp guess)) 0) ((< guess num) 1) ((> guess num) 2) ((= guess num) 3))) until (and (numberp guess) (= guess num)))

   (format t "You got the number correct on the ~:r guess!~%" num-guesses)))

</lang> Output:

CL-USER> (guess-the-number-feedback 1 1024)
Try to guess a number from 1 to 1,024!
Guess? 512
Your guess is too small.
Guess? 768
Your guess is too small.
Guess? 896
Your guess is too large.
Guess? 832
Your guess is too small.
Guess? 864
Your guess is too large.
Guess? 848
Your guess is too large.
Guess? 840
Your guess is too large.
Guess? 836
Your guess is correct!
You got the number correct on the eighth guess!

D

Translation of: Python

<lang d>import std.stdio, std.random, std.typecons, std.conv, std.string,

      std.range;

void main() {

   immutable interval = tuple(1, 100);
   writefln("Guess my target number that is between " ~
            "%d and %d (inclusive).\n", interval[]);
   immutable target = uniform!"[]"(interval[]);
   foreach (immutable i; sequence!q{n}) {
       writef("Your guess #%d: ", i + 1);
       immutable txt = stdin.readln.strip;
       Nullable!int answer;
       try {
           answer = txt.to!int;
       } catch (ConvException e) {
           writefln("  I don't understand your input '%s'", txt);
           continue;
       }
       if (answer < interval[0] || answer > interval[1]) {
           writeln("  Out of range!");
           continue;
       }
       if (answer == target) {
           writeln("  Well guessed.");
           break;
       }
       writeln(answer < target ? "  Too low." : "  Too high.");
   }

}</lang> Sample game:

Guess my target number that is between 1 and 100 (inclusive).

Your guess #1: 100
  Too high.
Your guess #2: 5
  Too low.
Your guess #3: 522
  Out of range!
Your guess #4: 50
  Too low.
Your guess #5: 75
  Too low.
Your guess #6: 80
  Too low.
Your guess #7: 90
  Too high.
Your guess #8: 85
  Too high.
Your guess #9: 83
  Well Guessed.

DCL

<lang DCL>$ rnd = f$extract( 21, 2, f$time() ) $ count = 0 $ loop: $ inquire guess "guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of" $ guess = f$integer( guess ) $ if guess .lt. 0 .or. guess .gt. 99 $ then $ write sys$output "out of range" $ goto loop $ endif $ count = count + 1 $ if guess .lt. rnd then $ write sys$output "too small" $ if guess .gt. rnd then $ write sys$output "too large" $ if guess .ne. rnd then $ goto loop $ write sys$output "it only took you ", count, " guesses"</lang>

Output:
$ @guess
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 50
too small
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 999
out of range
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 75
too small
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 82
too small
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 91
too small
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 96
too small
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 98
too large
guess what number between 0 and 99 inclusive I am thinking of: 97
it only took you 7 guesses

Delphi

<lang Delphi>program GuessTheNumber;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses

 SysUtils,
 Math;


const

 // Set min/max limits
 min: Integer = 1;
 max: Integer = 10;

var

 last,
 val,
 inp: Integer;
 s: string;
 // Initialise new game
 procedure NewGame;
 begin
   // Make sure this number isn't the same as the last one
   repeat
     val := RandomRange(min,max);
   until
     val <> last;
   // Save this number
   last := val;
   Writeln('Guess a number between ', min, ' and ', max, ' [Answer = ', val, ']');
 end;

begin

 // Initialise the random number generator with a random value
 Randomize;
 // Initialise last number
 last := 0;
 
 // Initialise user input
 s := ;
 // Start game
 NewGame;
 // Loop
 repeat
   // User input
   Readln(s);
   // Validate - checxk if input is a number
   if TryStrToInt(s,inp) then
     begin
       // Is it the right number?
       if (inp = val) then
         begin
           // Yes - request a new game
           Writeln('Correct! Another go? Y/N');
           Readln(s);
           if SameText(s,'Y') then
             // Start new game
             NewGame
             else
             Exit;
         end
         else
         // Input too low/high
         if (inp < val) then
           Writeln('Too low! Try again...')
           else
           if (inp > val) then
             Writeln('Too high! Try again...');
     end
     else
     // Input invalid
     if not SameText(s,'bored') then
       Writeln('Invalid input! Try again...');
     
 until
   SameText(s,'bored');


end. </lang>


EchoLisp

<lang lisp>

(read <default-value> <prompt>) prompts the user with a default value using the browser dialog box.
we play sounds to make this look like an arcade game

(lib 'web) ; (play-sound) is defined in web.lib

(define (guess-feed (msg " 🔮 Enter a number in [0...100], -1 to stop.") (n (random 100)) (user 0))

  (set! user (read user msg))
  (play-sound 'ko)
  (unless (eq? n user ) ; user is the last user answer
      (guess-feed 
              (cond ;; adapt prompt according to condition
                   ((not (integer? user)) "❌ Please, enter an integer")
                   (( < user 0) (error "🌵 - It was:" n)) ; exit to top level
                   ((> n user) "Too low ...")
                   ((< n user) "Too high ..."))
             n user))
   (play-sound 'ok )  
   " 🔮 Well played!!  🍒 🍇 🍓")

</lang>

Ela

<lang ela>open string datetime random core monad io

guess () = do

 putStrLn "What's the upper bound?"
 ub <- readAny
 main ub
 where main ub
         | ub < 0 = "Bound should be greater than 0."
         | else = do 
             putStrLn $ format "Guess a number from 1 to {0}" ub
             dt <- datetime.now
             guesser (rnd (milliseconds $ dt) 1 ub)
       guesser v = do
         x <- readAny
         if x == v then
             cont ()
           else if x < v then
             do putStrLn "Too small!"
                guesser v
           else 
             do putStrLn "Too big!"
                guesser v
       cont () = do
         putStrLn "Correct! Do you wish to continue (Y/N)?"
         ask ()
       ask () = do
         a <- readStr
         if a == "y" || a == "Y" then
             guess ()
           else if a == "n" || a == "N" then
             do putStrLn "Bye!"
           else 
             do putStrLn "Say what?"
                ask ()

guess () ::: IO</lang>

Elixir

<lang elixir>defmodule GuessingGame do

 def play(lower, upper) do
   :random.seed(:os.timestamp)
   play(lower, upper, :random.uniform(upper + 1 - lower) + lower - 1)
 end 
 defp play(lower, upper, number) do
   guess = Integer.parse(IO.gets "Guess a number (#{lower}-#{upper}): ")
   case guess do
     {^number, _} ->  
       IO.puts "Well guessed!"
     {n, _} when n in lower..upper ->  
       IO.puts if n > number, do: "Too high.", else:  "Too low."
       play(lower, upper, number)
     _ ->
       IO.puts "Guess not in valid range."
       play(lower, upper, number)
   end
 end 

end

GuessingGame.play(1, 100)</lang>

Erlang

<lang erlang>% Implemented by Arjun Sunel -module(guess_number). -export([main/0]).

main() -> L = 1 , % Lower Limit U = 100,  % Upper Limit

io:fwrite("Guess my number between ~p and ", [L]), io:fwrite("and ~p until you get it right.\n", [U]), N = random:uniform(100), guess(N).

guess(N) -> {ok, [K]} = io:fread("Guess the number : ","~d"), if K=:=N -> io:format("Well guessed!!\n"); true -> if K > N -> io:format("Your guess is too high.\n"); true -> io:format("Your guess is too low.\n") end, guess(N) end. </lang>

Output:
1> c(guess_number).    
{ok,guess_number}
2> guess_number:main().
Guess my number between 1 and and 100 until you get it right.
Guess the number :  50
Your guess is too low.
Guess the number :  70
Your guess is too low.
Guess the number :  85
Your guess is too high.
Guess the number :  75
Your guess is too high.
Guess the number :  73
Well guessed!!
ok

Euphoria

<lang euphoria>include get.e

constant lower_limit = 0, upper_limit = 100

integer number, guess number = rand(upper_limit-lower_limit+1)+lower_limit

printf(1,"Guess the number between %d and %d: ", lower_limit & upper_limit) while 1 do

   guess = floor(prompt_number("", lower_limit & upper_limit))
   if number = guess then
       puts(1,"You guessed correctly!\n")
       exit
   elsif number < guess then
       puts(1,"You guessed too high.\nTry again: ")
   else
       puts(1,"You guessed to low.\nTry again: ")
   end if

end while</lang>

Factor

<lang factor>USING:

   formatting
   fry
   io
   kernel
   math math.parser math.ranges
   prettyprint
   random ;

IN: guessnumber

game-step ( target -- ? )
   readln string>number
   [
       2dup =
       [ 2drop f "Correct!" ]
       [ < "high" "low" ? "Guess too %s, try again." sprintf t swap ]
       if
   ]
   [ drop t "Invalid guess." ]
   if* print flush ;
main ( -- )
   99 [1,b]
   [ unparse "Number in range %s, your guess?\n" printf flush ]
   [ random '[ _ game-step ] loop ]
   bi ;</lang>

Fantom

<lang fantom> class Main {

 public static Void main ()
 {
   Int lowerLimit := 1
   Int higherLimit := 100
   Int target := (lowerLimit..higherLimit).random
   Int guess
   while (guess != target)
   {
     echo ("Enter a guess: ")
     try
     {
       // read in a line of input, and try to interpret as an Int
       guess = Env.cur.in.readLine.trim.toInt
       if (guess == target)
       {
         echo ("Well guessed!")
       }
       else if (guess < target)
       {
         echo ("Failed - your guess is too small")
       }
       else // if (guess > target)
       {
         echo ("Failed - your guess is too large")
       }
     }
     catch (Err e) 
     { 
       echo ("Your guess must be an integer") 
     }
   }
 }

} </lang>

Sample game:

Enter a guess: 
50
Failed - your guess is too small
Enter a guess: 
75
Failed - your guess is too large
Enter a guess: 
67
Failed - your guess is too large
Enter a guess: 
60
Failed - your guess is too large
Enter a guess: 
55
Failed - your guess is too large
Enter a guess: 
53
Failed - your guess is too small
Enter a guess: 
54
Well guessed!

Fortran

Works with: Fortran version 95 and later

<lang fortran>program Guess_a_number

 implicit none
 
 integer, parameter :: limit = 100
 integer :: guess, number
 real :: rnum
 
 write(*, "(a, i0, a)") "I have chosen a number between 1 and ", limit, &
                        " and you have to try to guess it." 
 write(*, "(a/)")  "I will score your guess by indicating whether it is higher, lower or the same as that number"

 call random_seed
 call random_number(rnum)
 number = rnum * limit + 1
 do
   write(*, "(a)", advance="no") "Enter quess: "
   read*, guess
   if(guess < number) then
     write(*, "(a/)") "That is lower"
   else if(guess > number) then
     write(*, "(a/)") "That is higher"
   else
     write(*, "(a)") "That is correct"
     exit
   end if
 end do

end program</lang> Output

I have chosen a number bewteen 1 and 100 and you have to try to guess it.
I will score your guess by indicating whether it is higher, lower or the same as that number.

Enter guess: 50
That is lower

Enter guess: 75
That is higher

Enter guess: 62
That is higher

Enter guess: 57
That is correct

Go

<lang go>package main

import (

   "fmt"
   "math/rand"
   "time"

)

const lower, upper = 1, 100

func main() {

   fmt.Printf("Guess integer number from %d to %d: ", lower, upper)
   rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
   n := rand.Intn(upper-lower+1) + lower
   for guess := n; ; {
       switch _, err := fmt.Scan(&guess); {
       case err != nil:
           fmt.Println("\n", err, "So, bye.")
           return
       case guess < n:
           fmt.Print("Too low. Try again: ")
       case guess > n:
           fmt.Print("Too high. Try again: ")
       default:
           fmt.Println("Well guessed!")
           return
       }
   }

}</lang>

Groovy

Based on the Java implementation <lang groovy> def rand = new Random() // java.util.Random def range = 1..100 // Range (inclusive) def number = rand.nextInt(range.size()) + range.from // get a random number in the range

println "The number is in ${range.toString()}" // print the range

def guess while (guess != number) { // keep running until correct guess

   try {
       print 'Guess the number: '
       guess = System.in.newReader().readLine() as int // read the guess in as int
       switch (guess) { // check the guess against number
           case { it < number }: println 'Your guess is too low'; break
           case { it > number }: println 'Your guess is too high'; break
           default:              println 'Your guess is spot on!'; break
       }
   } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) { // catches all input that is not a number
       println 'Please enter a number!'
   }

} </lang> Example: <lang> The number is in 1..100 Guess the number: ghfvkghj Please enter a number! Guess the number: 50 Your guess is too low Guess the number: 75 Your guess is too low Guess the number: 83 Your guess is too low Guess the number: 90 Your guess is too low Guess the number: 95 Your guess is too high Guess the number: 92 Your guess is spot on! </lang>

Haskell

<lang haskell> import Control.Monad import System.Random

-- Repeat the action until the predicate is true. until_ act pred = act >>= pred >>= flip unless (until_ act pred)

answerIs ans guess =

 case compare ans guess of
   LT -> putStrLn "Too high. Guess again." >> return False
   EQ -> putStrLn "You got it!" >> return True
   GT -> putStrLn "Too low. Guess again." >> return False

-- Repeatedly read until the input *starts* with a number. (Since -- we use "reads" we allow garbage to follow it, though.) ask = do line <- getLine

        case reads line of
          ((num,_):_) -> return num
          otherwise -> putStrLn "Please enter a number." >> ask

main = do

 ans <- randomRIO (1,100) :: IO Int
 putStrLn "Try to guess my secret number between 1 and 100."
 ask `until_` answerIs ans

</lang>

Icon and Unicon

<lang Icon> procedure main()

   smallest := 5
   highest := 25
   n := smallest-1 + ?(1+highest-smallest)
   repeat {
     writes("Pick a number from ", smallest, " through ", highest, ": ")
     guess := read ()
        
     if n = numeric(guess) 
       then { 
         write ("Well guessed!")
         exit ()
       }
     else if n < numeric(guess)
       then write ("Your guess is too high")
     else if n > numeric(guess)
       then write ("Your guess is too low")
     else write ("Did you enter a number?")
   }

end </lang>

Output:

$ ./guess-feedback
Pick a number from 5 through 25: 10
Your guess is too low
Pick a number from 5 through 25: 16
Your guess is too low
Pick a number from 5 through 25: 20
Your guess is too low
Pick a number from 5 through 25: 23
Your guess is too high
Pick a number from 5 through 25: 22
Well guessed!

J

<lang j>require 'misc' game=: verb define

 assert. y -: 1 >. <.{.y
 n=: 1 + ?y
 smoutput 'Guess my integer, which is bounded by 1 and ',":y
 whilst. -. x -: n do.
   x=. {. 0 ". prompt 'Guess: '
   if. 0 -: x do. 'Giving up.' return. end. 
   smoutput (*x-n){::'You win.';'Too high.';'Too low.'
 end.

)</lang>

Note: in computational contexts, J programmers typically avoid loops. However, in contexts which involve progressive input and output and where event handlers are too powerful (too complicated), loops are probably best practice.

Example use:

<lang> game 100 Guess my integer, which is bounded by 1 and 100 Guess: 64 Too high. Guess: 32 Too low. Guess: 48 Too high. Guess: 40 Too low. Guess: 44 You win.</lang>

Java

<lang Java>import java.util.Random; import java.util.Scanner; public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
       Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
       Random random = new Random();
       long from = 1;
       long to = 100;
       int randomNumber = random.nextInt(to - from + 1) + from;
       int guessedNumber = 0;
       System.out.printf("The number is between %d and %d.\n", from, to);
       do
       {
           System.out.print("Guess what the number is: ");
           guessedNumber = scan.nextInt();
           if (guessedNumber > randomNumber)
               System.out.println("Your guess is too high!");
           else if (guessedNumber < randomNumber)
               System.out.println("Your guess is too low!");
           else
               System.out.println("You got it!");
       } while (guessedNumber != randomNumber);
   }

}</lang> Demonstration:

The number is between 1 and 100.
Guess what the number is: 50
Your guess is too high!
Guess what the number is: 25
Your guess is too high!
Guess what the number is: 17
Your guess is too high!
Guess what the number is: 10
Your guess is too high!
Guess what the number is: 5
Your guess is too low!
Guess what the number is: 7
You got it!

JavaScript

<lang html4strict>

Pick a number between 1 and 100.

<form id="guessNumber">

   <input type="text" name="guess">
   <input type="submit" value="Submit Guess">

</form>

<script type="text/javascript"></lang> <lang javascript>var number = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 100);

function verify() {

   var guess = Number(this.elements.guess.value),
       output = document.getElementById('output');

   if (isNaN(guess)) {
       output.innerHTML = 'Enter a number.';
   } else if (number === guess) {
       output.innerHTML = 'You guessed right!';
   } else if (guess > 100) {
       output.innerHTML = 'Your guess is out of the 1 to 100 range.';
   } else if (guess > number) {
       output.innerHTML = 'Your guess is too high.';
   } else if (guess < number) {
       output.innerHTML = 'Your guess is too low.';
   }
   return false;

}

document.getElementById('guessNumber').onsubmit = verify;</lang> <lang html4strict></script></lang>

Spidermonkey Version

<lang javascript>#!/usr/bin/env js

function main() {

   guessTheNumber(1, 100);

}

function guessTheNumber(low, high) {

   var num = randOnRange(low, high);
   var guessCount = 0;
   
   function checkGuess(n) {
       if (n < low || n > high) {
           print('That number is not between ' + low + ' and ' + high + '!');
           return false;
       }
       if (n == num) {
           print('You got it in ' + String(guessCount) + ' tries.');
           return true;
       }
       if (n < num) {
           print('Too low.');
       } else {
           print('Too high.');
       }
       return false;
   }
   print('I have picked a number between ' + low + ' and ' + high + '. Try to guess it!');
   while (true) {
       guessCount++;
       putstr("  Your guess: ");
       var n = parseInt(readline());
       if (checkGuess(n)) break;
   }

}

function randOnRange(low, high) {

   var r = Math.random();
   return Math.floor(r * (high - low + 1)) + low;

}

main(); </lang>

Example session:

I have picked a number between 1 and 100. Try to guess it!
  Your guess: 50
Too low.
  Your guess: 75
Too high.
  Your guess: 62
Too high.
  Your guess: 56
Too low.
  Your guess: 58
Too high.
  Your guess: 57
You got it in 6 tries.

Julia

<lang Julia>function guess_feedback(n)

 number = rand(1:n)
 print("I choose a number between 1 and $n\nYour guess? ")
 while((guess = chomp(readline(STDIN))) != string(number))
   isdigit(guess) ?
     print("Too $(parse(Int,guess) < number ? "small" : "big")") :
     print("Enter an integer please")
 print("\nNew guess? ")
 end
 print("you guessed right!")

end</lang>

Output:
julia> guess_feedback(10)
I choose a number between 1 and 10
Your guess? 5
Too small
New guess?  8
Too big
New guess?  no luck
Enter an integer please
New guess?  6
you guessed right!

Lasso

<lang Lasso>#!/usr/bin/lasso9

local( lower = integer_random(10, 1), higher = integer_random(100, 20), number = integer_random(#higher, #lower), status = false, guess )

// prompt for a number stdout('Guess a number: ')

while(not #status) => { #guess = null

// the following bits wait until the terminal gives you back a line of input while(not #guess or #guess -> size == 0) => { #guess = file_stdin -> readSomeBytes(1024, 1000) } #guess = integer(#guess)

if(not (range(#guess, #lower, #higher) == #guess)) => { stdout('Input not of correct type or range. Guess a number: ') else(#guess > #number) stdout('That was to high, try again! ') else(#guess < #number) stdout('That was to low, try again! ') else(#guess == #number) stdout('Well guessed!') #status = true } }</lang>

With range value 8 and 73. Correct number 13

Output:

Guess a number: 70
That was to high, try again! 35
That was to high, try again! 14
That was to high, try again! 7
Input not of correct type or range. Guess a number: 10
That was to low, try again! 12
That was to low, try again! 13
Well guessed!

LFE

<lang lisp> (defmodule guessing-game

 (export (main 0)))

(defun get-player-guess ()

 (let (((tuple 'ok (list guessed)) (: io fread '"Guess number: " '"~d")))
   guessed))

(defun check-guess (answer guessed)

   (cond
     ((== answer guessed)
       (: io format '"Well-guessed!!~n"))
     ((/= answer guessed)
       (if (> answer guessed) (: io format '"Your guess is too low.~n"))
       (if (< answer guessed) (: io format '"Your guess is too high.~n"))
       (check-guess answer (get-player-guess)))))

(defun main ()

 (: io format '"Guess the number I have chosen, between 1 and 10.~n")
 (check-guess
   (: random uniform 10)
   (get-player-guess)))

</lang>

From the LFE REPL (assuming the above code was saved in the file "guessing-game.lfe"):

<lang lisp> > (slurp '"guessing-game.lfe")

  1. (ok guessing-game)

> (main) Guess the number I have chosen, between 1 and 10. Guess number: 10 Your guess is too high. Guess number: 1 Your guess is too low. Guess number: 5 Your guess is too low. Guess number: 7 Well-guessed!! ok > </lang>


Liberty BASIC

<lang lb> [start]

   target = int( rnd( 1) * 100) +1

while 1

   do
       input "Guess a whole number between 1 and 100. To finish, type 'exit' "; b$
       if b$ ="exit" then print "Thank you for playing!": end
       c = val( b$)
       ok =( c =int( c)) and ( c >=1) and ( c <=100)
       if ok =0 then notice "Invalid data. Integers 1 to 100 only."
   loop until ok <>0
   if c =target       then print "      You guessed correctly.": print: goto [start]
   if c <target       then print "   Your guess was too low."
   if c >target       then print "   Your guess was too high."

wend </lang>


LiveCode

<lang LiveCode>command guessTheNumber lowN highN

   local tNumber, tguess, tmin, tmax
   if lowN is empty or lowN < 1 then
       put 1 into tmin
   else
       put lowN into tmin
   end if
   if highN is empty then 
       put 10 into tmax
   else
       put highN into tmax
   end if
   put random(tmax - tmin + 1) + tmin - 1 into tNumber
   repeat until tguess is tNumber
       ask question "Please enter a number between" && tmin && "and" && tmax titled "Guess the number"
       if it is not empty then
           put it into tguess
           if tguess is tNumber then 
               answer "Well guessed!"
           else if tguess < tNumber then 
               answer "too low"
           else  
               answer "too high"
           end if
       else
           exit repeat
       end if
   end repeat

end guessTheNumber</lang> Test <lang LiveCode>command testGuessNumber

   guessTheNumber  --defaults to 1-10
   guessTheNumber 9,12

end testGuessNumber</lang>


Locomotive Basic

<lang locobasic>10 CLS:RANDOMIZE TIME 20 PRINT "Please specify lower and upper limits":guess=0 30 INPUT " (must be positive integers) :", first, last 40 IF first<1 OR last<1 THEN 20 50 num=INT(RND*(last-first+1)+first) 60 WHILE num<>guess 70 INPUT "Your guess? ", guess 80 IF guess<num THEN PRINT "too small!" 90 IF guess>num THEN PRINT "too large!" 100 WEND 110 INPUT "That's correct! Another game (y/n)? ", yn$ 120 IF yn$="y" THEN 20 </lang>

Output:

Translation of: UNIX Shell

<lang logo>to guess [:max 100]

 local "number
 make "number random :max
 local "guesses
 make "guesses 0
 local "guess
 forever [
   (type [Guess my number! \(range 1 -\ ] :max "\):\ )
   make "guess first readlist
   ifelse (or (not numberp :guess) (lessp :guess 1) (greaterp :guess :max)) [
     print sentence [Guess must be a number between 1 and] (word :max ".)
   ] [
     make "guesses (:guesses + 1)
     ifelse lessp :guess :number [
       print [Too low!]
     ] [ifelse equalp :guess :number [
       (print [You got it in] :guesses "guesses!)
       stop
     ] [
       print [Too high!]
     ]]
   ]
 ]

end </lang>

Sample run:

? guess
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 50
Too low!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 75
Too high!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 67
Too low!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 71
Too high!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 69
You got it in 5 guesses!

Lua

<lang Lua>math.randomseed(os.time()) me_win=false my_number=math.random(1,10) while me_win==false do print "Guess my number from 1 to 10:" your_number = io.stdin:read'*l' if type(tonumber(your_number))=="number" then your_number=tonumber(your_number) if your_number>10 or your_number<1 then print "Your number was not between 1 and 10, try again." elseif your_number>my_number then print "Your number is greater than mine, try again." elseif your_number<my_number then print "Your number is smaller than mine, try again." elseif your_number==my_number then print "That was correct." me_win=true end else print "Your input was not a number, try again." end end </lang>

Output:

Guess my number from 1 to 10:
4
Your number is smaller than mine, try again.
Guess my number from 1 to 10:
8
Your number is greater than mine, try again.
Guess my number from 1 to 10:
5
That was correct.

Maple

<lang Maple>GuessANumber := proc(low, high)

   local number, input;
   randomize():
   printf( "Guess a number between %d and %d:\n:> ", low, high );
   number := rand(low..high)();
   do
       input := parse(readline());
       if input > number then
           printf("Too high, try again!\n:> ");
       elif input < number then
           printf("Too low, try again!\n:> ");
       else
           printf("Well guessed! The answer was %d.\n", number);
           break;
       end if;
   end do:

end proc:</lang> <lang Maple>GuessANumber(2,5);</lang>

Mathematica / Wolfram Language

<lang mathematica>guessnumber[min_, max_] :=

Module[{number = RandomInteger[{min, max}], guess}, 
 While[guess =!= number, 
  guess = Input[
    If[guess > number, "Too high.Guess again.", 
     "Too low.Guess again.", 
     "Guess a number between " <> ToString@min <> " and " <> 
      ToString@max <> "."]]]; 
 CreateDialog[{"Well guessed!", DefaultButton[]}]];

guessnumber[1, 10]</lang>

MATLAB / Octave

This example is untested. Please check that it's correct, debug it as necessary, and remove this message.


Tested in MATLAB. Untested in Octave. <lang MATLAB>function guess_a_number(low, high)

if nargin < 1 || ~isnumeric(low) || length(low) > 1 || isnan(low)

   low = 1;

end; if nargin < 2 || ~isnumeric(high) || length(high) > 1 || isnan(high)

   high = low+9;

elseif low > high

   [low, high] = deal(high, low);

end

n = floor(rand(1)*(high-low+1))+low; gs = input(sprintf('Guess an integer between %i and %i (inclusive): ', low, high), 's'); while gs  % No guess quits the game

   g = str2double(gs);
   if length(g) > 1 || isnan(g) || g < low || g > high
       gs = input('Invalid input, guess again: ', 's');
   elseif g < n
       gs = input('Too low, guess again: ', 's');
   elseif g > n
       gs = input('Too high, guess again: ', 's');
   else
       disp('Good job, you win!')
       gs = ;
   end

end</lang>

MAXScript

<lang MAXScript> Range = [1,100] randomNumber = (random Range.x Range.y) as integer clearListener() while true do ( userVal = getKBValue prompt:("Enter a number between "+(range[1] as integer) as string+" and "+(range[2] as integer) as string+": ") if userVal == randomNumber do (format "\nWell guessed!\n"; exit with OK) case of ( (classOf userVal != classof randomNumber): (format "\nBad number!\n") (userVal > Range[2] or userVal < Range[1]): (format "\nNumber out of range\n") (userVal > randomNumber): (format "\nToo high!\n") (userVal < randomNumber): (format "\nToo low!\n") ) ) </lang>

Output: <lang MAXSCRIPT> Enter a number between 1 and 100: 5 Too low! Enter a number between 1 and 100: 9.0 Bad number! Enter a number between 1 and 100: 145 Number out of range Enter a number between 1 and 100: 95 Too low! Enter a number between 1 and 100: 99 Too high! Enter a number between 1 and 100: 97 Well guessed! OK </lang>

Mirah

<lang mirah>def getInput:int

 s = System.console.readLine()
 Integer.parseInt(s)

end

number = int(Math.random() * 10 + 1)

puts "Guess the number between 1 and 10"

guessed = false

while !guessed do

 begin
   userNumber = getInput
   if userNumber == number
     guessed = true
     puts "You guessed it."
   elsif userNumber > number  
     puts "Too high."
   else
     puts "Too low."
   end
 rescue NumberFormatException => e
   puts "Please enter an integer."
 end

end</lang>

Modula-2

<lang modula2>MODULE guessf;

IMPORT InOut, Random, NumConv, Strings;

VAR number, guess  : CARDINAL;

       input                   : Strings.String;
       OK, Done                : BOOLEAN;

BEGIN

 number := Random.nr (1000);
 InOut.WriteString ("I have chosen a number below 1000; please try to guess it.");
 InOut.WriteLn;
 REPEAT
   REPEAT
     InOut.WriteString ("Enter your guess : ");        InOut.WriteBf;
     InOut.ReadString (input);
     NumConv.Str2Num (guess, 10, input, OK);
     IF  NOT OK  THEN
       InOut.WriteString (input);
       InOut.WriteString (" is not a valid number...");
       InOut.WriteLn
     END
   UNTIL  OK;
   InOut.WriteString ("Your guess is ");
   IF  number = guess  THEN
     Done := TRUE;
     InOut.WriteString ("spot on!")
   ELSE
     Done := FALSE;
     IF  guess > number  THEN
       InOut.WriteString ("too high.")
     ELSE
       InOut.WriteString ("too low.")
     END
   END;
   InOut.WriteLn
 UNTIL  Done;
 InOut.WriteString ("Thank you for playing; have a nice day!");
 InOut.WriteLn

END guessf.</lang>

I have chosen a number below 1000; please try to guess it.
Enter your guess : 500
Your guess is too low.
Enter your guess : 750
Your guess is too high.
Enter your guess : 625
Your guess is too high.
Enter your guess : kwak
kwak is not a valid number...
Enter your guess : 531
Your guess is spot on!
Thank you for playing; have a nice day!

Nemerle

<lang Nemerle>using System; using System.Console;

module GuessHints {

   Main() : void
   {
       def     rand   = Random();
       def     secret = rand.Next(1, 101);
       mutable guess  = 0;
       
       def GetGuess() : int {Int32.Parse(ReadLine())} 
       
       WriteLine("Guess a number between 1 and 100:");
       
       do
       {
           guess = GetGuess();
           match(guess.CompareTo(secret))
           {
               |(-1) => WriteLine("Too low! Guess again:")
               |1    => WriteLine("Too high! Guess again:")
               |0    => WriteLine("Well guessed!")
           }
       } while (guess != secret)
   }

}</lang>

NetRexx

<lang NetRexx>/* NetRexx */ options replace format comments java crossref symbols nobinary

parse arg lo hi . if lo = | lo = '.' then lo = 1 if hi = | hi = '.' then hi = 100 if lo > hi then parse (hi lo) lo hi -- make sure lo is < hi rg = Random() tries = 0 guessThis = rg.nextInt(hi - lo) + lo

say say 'Rules: Guess a number between' lo 'and' hi say ' Use QUIT or . to stop the game' say ' Use TELL to get the game to tell you the answer.' say say 'Starting...' say

loop label g_ forever

 say  'Try guessing a number between' lo 'and' hi
 parse ask guess .
 select
   when guess.upper = 'QUIT' | guess = '.' then do
     say 'You asked to leave the game.  Goodbye...'
     leave g_
     end
   when guess.upper = 'TELL' | guess = '.' then do
     say 'The number you were looking for is' guessThis
     end
   when \guess.datatype('w') then do
     say guess 'is not a whole number.  Try again.'
     end
   when guess = guessThis then do
     tries = tries + 1
     say 'Well guessed!' guess 'is the correct number.'
     say 'It took you' tries 'tries.'
     leave g_
     end
   when guess < lo then do
     tries = tries + 1
     say guess 'is below the lower limit of' lo
     end
   when guess > hi then do
     tries = tries + 1
     say guess 'is above the upper limit of' hi
     end
   when guess < guessThis then do
     tries = tries + 1
     say guess 'is too low. Try again.'
     end
   when guess > guessThis then do
     tries = tries + 1
     say guess 'is too high. Try again.'
     end
   otherwise do
     say guess 'is an unexpected value.'
     end
   end
 end g_

return </lang>

NewLISP

<lang NewLISP>; guess-number-feedback.lsp

oofoe 2012-01-19
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Guess_the_number/With_feedback

(seed (time-of-day)) ; Initialize random number generator from clock. (setq low -5

     high 62 
     number (+ low (rand (- high low)))
     found nil

)

(print "I'm thinking of a number between " low " and " high ".")

(while (not found)

 (print " What's your guess? ")
 (setq guess (int (read-line) 'bad))
 (print (cond ((= 'bad guess) "That's not a number! Try again!")
              ((or (< guess low) (> guess high))
               (string "My number is between " low
                       " and " high ". Try again!"))
              ((< number guess) "Try a little lower...")
              ((> number guess) "Maybe a bit higher...")
              ((= number guess) (setq found true) "Exactly right!")))
 )

(println "\nWell guessed! Congratulations!")

(exit)</lang>

Sample output:

I'm thinking of a number between -5 and 62. What's your guess? No idea.
That's not a number! Try again! What's your guess? 99
My number is between -5 and 62. Try again! What's your guess? -5
Maybe a bit higher... What's your guess? 30
Try a little lower... What's your guess? 15
Try a little lower... What's your guess? 0
Maybe a bit higher... What's your guess? 3
Try a little lower... What's your guess? 1
Exactly right!
Well guessed! Congratulations!

Nim

<lang nim>import math, rdstdin, strutils

randomize()

let iRange = 1..100

echo "Guess my target number that is between ", iRange.a, " and ", iRange.b, " (inclusive)." let target = random(iRange) var answer, i = 0 while answer != target:

 inc i
 let txt = readLineFromStdin("Your guess " & $i & ": ")
 try: answer = parseInt(txt)
 except ValueError:
   echo "  I don't understand your input of '", txt, "'"
   continue
 if answer < iRange.a or answer > iRange.b: echo "  Out of range!"
 elif answer < target: echo "  Too low."
 elif answer > target: echo "  Too high."
 else: echo "  Ye-Haw!!"

echo "Thanks for playing."</lang> Output:

Guess my target number that is between 1 and 100 (inclusive).
Your guess 1: 50
  Too high.
Your guess 2: 300
  Out of range!
Your guess 3: -10
  Out of range!
Your guess 4: foo
  I don't understand your input of 'foo'
Your guess 5: 35
  Too low.
Your guess 6: 42
  Too high.
Your guess 7: 38
  Too low.
Your guess 8: 40
  Too low.
Your guess 9: 41
  Ye-Haw!!
Thanks for playing.

Objeck

<lang objeck>use IO;

bundle Default {

  class GuessNumber {
     function : Main(args : String[]) ~ Nil {
        Guess();
     }
     function : native : Guess() ~ Nil {
        done := false;
        "Guess the number which is between 1 and 10 or 'n' to quite: "->PrintLine();
        rand_num := (Float->Random() * 10.0)->As(Int) + 1;
        while(done = false) {
           guess := Console->ReadString();
           number := guess->ToInt();
           if(number <> 0) {
              if(number <> rand_num) {
                 Console->Print("Your guess was too ")
                    ->Print(number < rand_num ? "low" : "high")
                    ->Print(".\nGuess again: ");
              }
              else {
                 "Hurray! You guessed correctly!"->PrintLine();
                 done := true;
              };
           }
           else {
              if(guess->StartsWith("q") | guess->StartsWith("Q")) {
                 done := true;
              };
           };
        };
     }
  }

} </lang>

OCaml

<lang ocaml>let rec _read_int() =

 try read_int()
 with _ ->
   print_endline "Please give a cardinal numbers.";
   (* TODO: what is the correct word? cipher, digit, figure or numeral? *)
   _read_int() ;;

let () =

 print_endline "Please give a set limits (two integers):";
 let a = _read_int()
 and b = _read_int() in
 let a, b =
   if a < b
   then (a, b)
   else (b, a)
 in
 Random.self_init();
 let target = a + Random.int (b - a) in
 Printf.printf "I have choosen a number between %d and %d\n%!" a b;
 print_endline "Please guess it!";
 let rec loop () =
   let guess = _read_int() in
   if guess = target then
   begin
     print_endline "The guess was equal to the target.\nCongratulation!";
     exit 0
   end;
   if guess < a || guess > b then
     print_endline "The input was inappropriate."
   else if guess > target then
     print_endline "The guess was higher than the target."
   else if guess < target then
     print_endline "The guess was less than the target.";
   loop ()
 in
 loop ()</lang>

Playing the game:

$ ocaml inapropriate.ml
Please give a set limits (two integers):
3
7
I have choosen a number between 3 and 7
Please guess it!
6
The guess was higher than the target.
7
The guess was higher than the target.
8
The input was inappropriate.
3
The guess was less than the target.
4
The guess was equal to the target.
Congratulation!
$ ocaml inapropriate.ml
Please give a set limits (two integers):
2
6
I have choosen a number between 2 and 6
Please guess it!
three
Please give a cardinal numbers.

Octave

<lang Octave>function guess_a_number(low,high) % Guess a number (with feedback) % http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Guess_the_number/With_feedback

if nargin<1, low=1; end; if nargin<2, high=10; end;

n = floor(rand(1)*(high-low+1))+low; [guess,state] = str2num(input(sprintf('Guess a number between %i and %i: ',low,high),'s')); while (~state || guess~=n) if guess < n, g = input('to low, guess again: ','s'); [guess, state] = str2num(g); elseif guess > n, g = input('to high, guess again: ','s'); [guess, state] = str2num(g); end; while ~state g = input('invalid input, guess again: ','s'); [guess, state] = str2num(g); end end disp('Well guessed!')</lang>

Oforth

<lang Oforth>func: guessNumber(a, b) { | n g |

  b a - rand a + 1 - ->n
  while(true) [
     System.Out "Guess a number between " << a << " and " << b << " : " << drop
     while(System.Console askln asInteger dup -> g isNull) [ "Not a number " println ]
     g n == ifTrue: [ "You found it !" println return ]
     "Your number is " print
     g n < ifTrue: [ "less than the target" println continue ]
     "greater than the target" println
     ]

}</lang>

PARI/GP

<lang parigp>guess_the_number(N=10)={ a=random(N); print("guess the number between 0 and "N); for(x=1,N, if(x>1, if(b>a, print("guess again lower") , print("guess again higher") ); b=input(); if(b==a,break()) ); print("You guessed it correctly") };</lang>

ooRexx

While the program for REXX works perfectly well with ooRexx, here is a version written in an alternate (my) style.

Select instead of a series of If's
simple comparison instead of strict
different indentations.
entering ? shows the number we are looking for

This program should, of course, also work with all other Rexxes <lang ooRexx> /*REXX program that plays the guessing (the number) game. */

low=1                /*lower range for the guessing game.*/

high=100 /*upper range for the guessing game.*/ try=0 /*number of valid attempts. */ r=random(1,100) /*get a random number (low-->high). */

do forever

 say
 say "guess the number, it's between" low 'and' high '(inclusive)',
     'or enter quit to end the game.'
 say
 pull g
 say
 g=space(g)
 Select
   When g= then iterate
   When g='QUIT' then exit
   When g='?' then Do
     Say 'The number you are looking for is' r
     Iterate
     End
   When \datatype(g,'W') then do
     call ser g "isn't a valid number"
     iterate
     end
   When g<low then do
     call ser g 'is below the lower limit of' low
     iterate
     end
   When g>high then do
     call ser g 'is above the higher limit of' high
     iterate
     end
   When g=r then do
     try=try+1
     Leave
     End
   Otherwise Do
     try=try+1
     if g>r then what='high'
            else what='low'
     say 'your guess of' g 'is too' what'.'
     end
   end
 end

say tries='tries' if try=1 then

 say 'Congratulations!, you guessed the number in 1 try. Did you cheat?'

Else

 say 'Congratulations!, you guessed the number in' try 'tries.'

say exit

ser: say; say '*** error ! ***'; say arg(1); say; return </lang>

Pascal

See Delphi

Perl

<lang Perl>sub prompt { my $prompt = shift; while (1) { print "\n", $prompt, ": "; # type ^D, q, quit, quagmire, etc to quit defined($_ = <STDIN>) and !/^\s*q/ or exit;

return $_ if /^\s*\d+\s*$/s; $prompt = "Please give a non-negative integer"; } }

my $tgt = int(rand prompt("Hola! Please tell me the upper bound") + 1); my $tries = 1;

$tries++, print "You guessed too ", ($_ == -1 ? "high" : "low"), ".\n" while ($_ = $tgt <=> prompt "Your guess");

print "Correct! You guessed it after $tries tries.\n";</lang>

Perl 6

<lang perl6>my $maxnum = prompt("Hello, please give me an upper boundary: "); until 0 < $maxnum < Inf {

   say "Oops! The upper boundary should be > 0 and not Inf";
   $maxnum = prompt("Please give me a valid upper boundary: ");

}

my $count = 0; my $number = (1..$maxnum).pick;

say "I'm thinking of a number from 1 to $maxnum, try to guess it!"; repeat until my $guessed-right {

   given prompt("Your guess: ") {
       when /^[e|q]/ { say 'Goodbye.'; exit; }
       when not 1 <= $_ <= $maxnum {
          say "You really should give me a number from 1 to $maxnum."
       }
       $count++;
       when $number { $guessed-right = True }
       when $number < $_ { say "Sorry, my number is smaller." }
       when $number > $_ { say "Sorry, my number is bigger." }
   }

} say "Great you guessed right after $count attempts!";</lang>

Hello, please give me an upper boundary: 10 
I'm thinking of a number from 1 to 10, try to guess it!
Your guess: 5
Sorry, my number is bigger.
Your guess: 7
Sorry, my number is smaller.
Your guess: 6
Great you guessed right after 3 attempts!

Phix

<lang Phix>constant lower_limit = 0, upper_limit = 100 integer secret = rand(upper_limit-(lower_limit-1))+lower_limit-1 printf(1,"Guess the number between %d and %d: ", lower_limit & upper_limit) while 1 do

   integer guess = prompt_number("", lower_limit & upper_limit)
   if guess=secret then exit end if
   printf(1,"Your guess is too %s.\nTry again: ",{iff(guess>secret?"high":"low")})

end while puts(1,"You got it!\n")</lang>

PHP

<lang php> <?php

session_start();

if(isset($_SESSION['number'])) {

  $number = $_SESSION['number'];

} else {

  $_SESSION['number'] = rand(1,10);

}


if($_POST["guess"]){

   $guess  = htmlspecialchars($_POST['guess']);

echo $guess . "
";

   if ($guess < $number)

{

       echo "Your guess is too low";
   }

elseif($guess > $number) {

       echo "Your guess is too high";
   }

elseif($guess == $number) {

       echo "You got the correct number!";
   }
   

} ?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Guess A Number</title> </head>

<body> <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post" name="guess-a-number"> <label for="guess">Guess A Number:</label>
<input type="text" name="guess" /> <input name="number" type="hidden" value="<?= $number ?>" /> <input name="submit" type="submit" /> </form> </body> </html> </lang>

PicoLisp

Translation of: PureBasic

<lang PicoLisp>(de guessTheNumber ()

  (use (Low High Guess)
     (until
        (and
           (prin "Enter low limit : ")
           (setq Low (read))
           (prin "Enter high limit: ")
           (setq High (read))
           (> High Low) ) )
     (seed (time))
     (let Number (rand Low High)
        (loop
           (prin "Guess what number I have: ")
           (T (= Number (setq Guess (read)))
              (prinl "You got it!") )
           (prinl
              "Your guess is too "
              (if (> Number Guess) "low" "high")
              "." ) ) ) ) )</lang>

Output:

: (guessTheNumber)
Enter low limit : 1
Enter high limit: 64
Guess what number I have: 32
Your guess is too high.
Guess what number I have: 16
Your guess is too low.
Guess what number I have: 24
You got it!

PureBasic

<lang PureBasic>OpenConsole()

Repeat

 ; Ask for limits, with sanity check
 Print("Enter low limit : "): low  =Val(Input())
 Print("Enter high limit: "): High =Val(Input())

Until High>low

TheNumber=Random(High-low)+low Debug TheNumber Repeat

 Print("Guess what number I have: "): Guess=Val(Input())
 If Guess=TheNumber
   PrintN("You got it!"): Break
 ElseIf Guess < TheNumber
   PrintN("Your guess is to low.")
 Else
   PrintN("Your guess is to high.")
 EndIf

ForEver</lang>

Prolog

Works with: SWI-Prolog version 6

<lang prolog>main :-

   play_guess_number.


/* Parameteres */

low(1). high(10).


/* Basic Game Logic */

play_guess_number :-

   low(Low),
   high(High),
   random(Low, High, N),
   tell_range(Low, High),
   repeat,                         % roughly, "repeat ... (until) Guess == N "
       ask_for_guess(Guess),
       give_feedback(N, Guess),
   Guess == N.

/* IO Stuff */

tell_range(Low, High) :-

   format('Guess an integer between ~d and ~d.~n', [Low,High]).

ask_for_guess(Guess) :-

   format('Guess the number: '),
   read(Guess).

give_feedback(N, Guess) :-

   ( \+integer(Guess) -> writeln('Invalid input.')
   ; Guess < N        -> writeln('Your guess is too low.')
   ; Guess > N        -> writeln('Your guess is too high.')
   ; Guess =:= N      -> writeln("Correct!")
   ).</lang>


Input in the standard Prolog top level is terminated with a `.`: E.g.,

<lang prolog>?- main. Guess an integer between 1 and 10. Guess the number: a. Invalid input. Guess the number: 3. Your guess is too low.</lang>

Python

<lang python>import random

inclusive_range = (1, 100)

print("Guess my target number that is between %i and %i (inclusive).\n"

     % inclusive_range)

target = random.randint(*inclusive_range) answer, i = None, 0 while answer != target:

   i += 1
   txt = input("Your guess(%i): " % i)
   try:
       answer = int(txt)
   except ValueError:
       print("  I don't understand your input of '%s' ?" % txt)
       continue
   if answer < inclusive_range[0] or answer > inclusive_range[1]:
       print("  Out of range!")
       continue
   if answer == target:
       print("  Ye-Haw!!")
       break
   if answer < target: print("  Too low.")
   if answer > target: print("  Too high.")

print("\nThanks for playing.")</lang>

Sample Game

Guess my target number that is between 1 and 100 (inclusive).

Your guess(1): 50
  Too high.
Your guess(2): 25
  Too low.
Your guess(3): 40
  Too high.
Your guess(4): 30
  Too low.
Your guess(5): 35
  Too high.
Your guess(6): 33
  Too high.
Your guess(7): 32
  Too high.
Your guess(8): 31
  Ye-Haw!!

Thanks for playing.

Sample trapped Errors

Guess my target number that is between 1 and 100 (inclusive).

Your guess(1): 0
  Out of range!
Your guess(2): 101
  Out of range!
Your guess(3): Howdy
  I don't understand your input of 'Howdy' ?
Your guess(4): 

R

<lang R>GuessANumber <- function( low, high ) {

 print( sprintf("Guess a number between %d and %d until you get it right", low, high ) );
 X <- low:high;
 number <- sample( X, 1 );
 repeat {
   input <- as.numeric(readline());
   if (input > number) {
     print("Too high, try again"); }
   else if (input < number) {
     print("Too low, try again");}
   else {
     print("Correct!");
     break; }
 }

}</lang>

Racket

<lang Racket>#lang racket (define min 1) (define max 10)

(define (guess-number (target (+ min (random (- max min)))))

 (define guess (read))
 (cond ((not (number? guess)) (display "That's not a number!\n" (guess-number target)))
       ((or (> guess max) (> min guess)) (display "Out of range!\n") (guess-number target))
       ((> guess target) (display "Too high!\n") (guess-number target))
       ((< guess target) (display "Too low!\n") (guess-number target))
       (else (display "Well guessed!\n"))))

(display (format "Guess a number between ~a and ~a\n" min max)) (guess-number)</lang>

Retro

<lang Retro>: high|low ( gn-g$ )

 over > [ "high" ] [ "low" ] if ;
checkGuess ( gn-gf || f )
 2over = [ "You guessed correctly!\n" puts 2drop 0 ]
         [ high|low "Sorry, your guess was too %s.\nTry again.\n" puts -1 ] if ;
think ( -n )
 random abs 100 mod 1+ ;
guess ( - )
 "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.\n" puts
 "Try to guess it!\n" puts
 think [ getToken toNumber checkGuess ] while
 "You got it!\n" puts ;

</lang>

REXX

To make the program more engaging, randomized words for the hint are used. <lang rexx>/*REXX program that plays the guessing (the number) game. */

low=1                                 /*lower range for guessing game. */

high=100 /*upper range for guessing game. */ try=0 /*number of valid attempts. */ r=random(1,100) /*get a random # (low ──> high).*/

lows='too_low  too_small too_little below under underneath   too_puny'

highs='too_high too_big too_much above over over_the_top too_huge' er!='*** error! ***' prompt=centre("guess the number, it's between" low 'and',

     high '(inclusive)  ───or───  Quit:',79,"─")
 do ask=0;    say;    say prompt;    say;    pull g;    g=space(g);   say
   do validate=0
      select
      when g==              then iterate ask
      when abbrev('QUIT',g,1) then exit
      when words(g)\==1       then say er! 'too many numbers entered:' g
      when \datatype(g,'N')   then say er! g "isn't numeric"
      when \datatype(g,'W')   then say er! g "isn't a whole number"
      when g<low              then say er! g 'is below the lower limit of' low
      when g>high             then say er! g 'is above the higher limit of' high
      otherwise leave validate
      end    /*select*/
   iterate ask
   end       /*validate*/
 try=try+1
 if g=r  then leave
 if g>r  then what=word(highs,random(1,words(highs)))
         else what=word( lows,random(1,words( lows)))
 say 'your guess of' g "is" translate(what'.',,"_")
 end         /*ask*/

if try==1 then say 'Gadzooks!!! You guessed the number right away!'

         else say 'Congratulations!, you guessed the number in' try "tries."
                                      /*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/</lang>

Ring

<lang ring>fr = 1 t0 = 10 while true see "Hey There,

============

I'm thinking of a number between " + fr + " and " + t0 + ", Can you guess it?? Guess :> " give x n = nrandom(fr,t0) if x = n see "

                 Congratulations :D
    ** Your guess was right You Are Genius :D **


" exit else see "Oops its not true, you were just few steps" if x > n see " up :)" else see " down :)" ok see copy(nl,3) ok end

func nRandom s,e while true d = random(e) if d >= s return d ok end</lang>

Ruby

Translation of: Mirah

<lang ruby>number = rand(1..10)

puts "Guess the number between 1 and 10"

loop do

 begin
   user_number = Integer(gets)
   if user_number == number
     puts "You guessed it."
     break
   elsif user_number > number  
     puts "Too high."
   else
     puts "Too low."
   end
 rescue ArgumentError
   puts "Please enter an integer."
 end

end</lang>

Rust

<lang rust>use std::io::stdin; use rand::{Rng, thread_rng};

extern crate rand;

const LOWEST: isize = 1; const HIGHEST: isize = 100;

fn main() {

   let mut rng = thread_rng();
   loop {
       let number: isize = rng.gen_range(LOWEST, HIGHEST + 1);
       let mut num_guesses = 0;
       println!("I have chosen my number between {} and {}. You know what to do", LOWEST, HIGHEST);
       loop {
           num_guesses += 1;
           let mut line = String::new();
           let res = stdin().read_line(&mut line);
           let input: Option<isize> = res.ok().map_or(None, |_| line.trim().parse().ok());
           match input {
               None => println!("numbers only, please"),
               Some(n) if n == number => {
                   println!("you got it in {} tries!", num_guesses);
                   break;
               }
               Some(n) if n < number => println!("too low!"),
               Some(n) if n > number => println!("too high!"),
               Some(_) => println!("something went wrong")
           }
       }
   }

}</lang>

I have chosen my number between 0 and 100. You know what to do
50
too high!
25
too high!
12
too low!
18
too low!
21
too low!
23
you got it in 6 tries!

Scheme

Works with: Chicken Scheme
Works with: Guile

<lang scheme>(define maximum 5) (define minimum -5) (define number (+ (random (- (+ maximum 1) minimum)) minimum))

(display "Pick a number from ") (display minimum) (display " through ") (display maximum) (display ".\n> ") (do ((guess (read) (read))) ((eq? guess number))

       (if (or (>= guess maximum) (< guess minimum))
               (display "Out of range!\n> ")
               (begin
                       (if (> guess number)
                               (display "Too high!\n> "))
                       (if (< guess number)
                               (display "Too low!\n> ")))))

(display "Correct!\n")</lang>

Seed7

<lang seed7>$ include "seed7_05.s7i";

const integer: lower_limit is 0; const integer: upper_limit is 100;

const proc: main is func

 local
   var integer: number is 0;
   var integer: guess is 0;
 begin
   number := rand(lower_limit, upper_limit);
   write("Guess the number between " <& lower_limit <& " and " <& upper_limit <& ": ");
   while succeeds(readln(guess)) and number <> guess do
     write("Your guess was too ");
     if number < guess then
       writeln("high.");
     else
       writeln("low.");
     end if;
     write("Try again: ");
   end while;
   if number = guess then
     writeln("You guessed correctly!");
   else
     writeln("You gave up!");
   end if;
 end func;</lang>

Sidef

Translation of: Ruby

<lang ruby>var number = rand(1..10); say "Guess the number between 1 and 10";

loop {

   given(var n = Sys.scanln("> ").to_i) {
       when (number)     { say "You guessed it."; break }
       case (n < number) { say "Too low" }
       default           { say "Too high" }
   }

}</lang>

Sparkling

<lang sparkling>printf("Lower bound: "); let lowerBound = toint(getline());

printf("Upper bound: "); let upperBound = toint(getline());

assert(upperBound > lowerBound, "upper bound must be greater than lower bound");

seed(time()); let n = floor(random() * (upperBound - lowerBound) + lowerBound); var guess;

print();

while true {

   printf("Your guess: ");
   guess = toint(getline());
   
   if guess < n {
       print("too low");
   } else if guess > n {
       print("too high");
   } else {
       print("You guessed it!");
       break;
   }

}</lang>

Swift

<lang Swift>import Cocoa

var found = false

let randomNum = Int(arc4random_uniform(100) + 1)

println("Guess a number between 1 and 100\n")

while (!found) {

   var fh = NSFileHandle.fileHandleWithStandardInput()
   
   println("Enter a number: ")
   let data = fh.availableData
   let str = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
   if (str?.integerValue == randomNum) {
       found = true
       println("Well guessed!")
   } else if (str?.integerValue < randomNum) {
       println("Good try but the number is more than that!")
   } else if (str?.integerValue > randomNum) {
       println("Good try but the number is less than that!")
   }

}</lang>

Tcl

<lang tcl>set from 1 set to 10 set target [expr {int(rand()*($to-$from+1) + $from)}] puts "I have thought of a number from $from to $to." puts "Try to guess it!" while 1 {

   puts -nonewline "Enter your guess: "
   flush stdout
   gets stdin guess
   if {![string is int -strict $guess] || $guess < $from || $guess > $to} {

puts "Your guess should be an integer from $from to $to (inclusive)."

   } elseif {$guess > $target} {

puts "Your guess was too high. Try again!"

   } elseif {$guess < $target} {

puts "Your guess was too low. Try again!"

   } else {

puts "Well done! You guessed it." break

   }

}</lang> Sample output:

I have thought of a number from 1 to 10.
Try to guess it!

Enter your guess: 2
Your guess was too low. Try again!
Enter your guess: skfg
Your guess should be an integer from 1 to 10 (inclusive).
Enter your guess: 9
Your guess was too high. Try again!
Enter your guess: 5
Your guess was too low. Try again!
Enter your guess: 7
Your guess was too high. Try again!
Enter your guess: 6
Well done! You guessed it.

TUSCRIPT

<lang tuscript> $$ MODE TUSCRIPT PRINT "Find the luckynumber (7 tries)!" SET luckynumber=RANDOM NUMBERS (1,100,1) LOOP round=1,7 SET message=CONCAT ("[",round,"] Please insert a number") ASK $message: n=""

IF (n!='digits') THEN
  PRINT "wrong insert: ",n," Please insert a digit"
ELSEIF (n>100.or.n<1) THEN
  PRINT "wrong insert: ",n," Please insert a number between 1-100"
ELSEIF (n==#luckynumber) THEN
  PRINT "BINGO"
  EXIT
ELSEIF (n.gt.#luckynumber) THEN
  PRINT "too big"
ELSEIF (n.lt.#luckynumber) THEN
  PRINT "too small"

ENDIF IF (round==7) PRINT/ERROR "You've lost: luckynumber was: ",luckynumber ENDLOOP </lang> Output:

Find the luckynumber (7 tries)!
[1] Please insert a number >51
too small
[2] Please insert a number >76
too small
[3] Please insert a number >89
too big
[4] Please insert a number >80
too small
[5] Please insert a number >84
too small
[6] Please insert a number >86
too small
[7] Please insert a number >88
too big
@@@@@@@@  You've lost: luckynumber was: 87

UNIX Shell

Works with: Bourne Again SHell
Works with: Z SHell

<lang sh>function guess {

 -n $BASH_VERSION  && shopt -s extglob
 -n $ZSH_VERSION  && set -o KSH_GLOB
 local -i max=${1:-100}
 local -i number=RANDOM%max+1
 local -i guesses=0
 local guess
 while true; do
   echo -n "Guess my number! (range 1 - $max): "
   read guess
   if [[ "$guess" != +([0-9]) ]] || (( guess < 1 || guess > max )); then
     echo "Guess must be a number between 1 and $max."
     continue
   fi
   let guesses+=1
   if (( guess < number )); then
     echo "Too low!"
   elif (( guess == number )); then
     echo "You got it in $guesses guesses!"
     break
   else
     echo "Too high!"
   fi
 done

}</lang>

Sample run:

$ guess
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 50
Too low!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 75
Too high!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 62
Too low!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 69
Too low!
Guess my number! (range 1 - 100): 72
You got it in 5 guesses!

Vala

<lang vala> void main(){ const int from = 1; const int to = 100;

int random = Random.int_range(from, to); int guess = 0;

while (guess != random){ stdout.printf("Guess the target number that's between %d and %d.\n", from, to);

string? num = stdin.read_line (); num.canon("0123456789", '!'); // replaces any character in num that's not in "0123456789" with "!"

if ("!" in num) stdout.printf("Please enter a number!\n");

else{ guess = int.parse(num);

if (guess > random && guess <= to) stdout.printf("Too high!\n"); if (guess < random && guess >= from) stdout.printf("Too low!\n"); if (guess == random) stdout.printf("You guess it! You win!\n"); if (guess < from || guess > to) stdout.printf("%d Your guess isn't even in the right range!\n", guess); }

}//while } // main </lang>

Shorter but no error checking <lang vala>int main() {

       int guess, x = Random.int_range(1, 10);
       stdout.printf("Make a guess (1-10): ");
       while((guess = int.parse(stdin.read_line())) != x) {
               stdout.printf("%s! Try again: ", x < guess ? "Lower" : "Higher");
       }
       stdout.printf("Got it!\n");
       return 0;

}</lang>

XPL0

<lang XPL0>include c:\cxpl\codes; int Lo, Hi, C, Guess, Number;

[loop [Text(0, "Low limit: "); Lo:= IntIn(0);

       Text(0, "High limit: ");  Hi:= IntIn(0);
       if Lo < Hi then quit;
       Text(0, "Low limit must be lower!^M^J^G");
      ];

Number:= Ran(Hi-Lo+1)+Lo; Text(0, "I'm thinking of a number between "); IntOut(0, Lo); Text(0, " and "); IntOut(0, Hi); Text(0, ".^M^J"); repeat Text(0, "Can you guess the number? ");

       loop    [C:= ChIn(0);
               if C>=^0 & C<=^9 then quit;
               Text(0, "Please enter a number in the given range.^M^J");
               OpenI(0);
               ];
       Backup;  Guess:= IntIn(0);
       Text(0, if Guess = Number then "Correct!"
               else if Guess > Number then "Nope, too high."
               else "You're too low.");
       CrLf(0);

until Guess = Number; ]</lang>

Example output:

Low  limit: 1
High limit: 10
I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10.
Can you guess the number? maybe
Please enter a number in the given range.
3
You're too low.
Can you guess the number? 6
You're too low.
Can you guess the number? 8
Correct!

zkl

<lang zkl>r:=(0).random(10)+1; while(1){

  n:=ask("Num between 1 & 10: ");
  try{n=n.toInt()}catch{ println("Number please"); continue; }
  if(n==r){ println("Well guessed!"); break; }
  println((n<r) and "small" or "big");

}</lang>

Output:
Num between 1 & 10: foo
Number please
Num between 1 & 10: 5
big
Num between 1 & 10: 3
big
Num between 1 & 10: 2
big
Num between 1 & 10: 1
Well guessed!