CSCI 3326

Assignment #2

Due date: Start of class Wednesday, 1/21/2008

Hand in:

1) Turn in your source code to me as an email attachment. The subject of the email must be:

cs3326hwk2

2) Also turn in a hardcopy of your source code along with a printout of a sample run.

HiLo Guessing Game

This assignment utilizes:

- random numbers

- loops

- conditional statements

- basic input/output

Write a program to play the Hi-Lo guessing game discussed in class. In particular, your program should:

· Generate a random number from 1 to 100.

· Ask the user to guess the number

· If the user is right, the game ends

· If the user's guess is too high or too low, the program informs the user of that fact and asks for another guess.

· This repeats until the user gets the number correct.

Further, your program should keep track of how many guesses the user takes to get the number right. An appropriate insult/compliment should then be issued to the user. For example:

11 or more "What a terrible score!..."

9-10 "Not too shabby, but not too good either...

7-8 "That's pretty good but you can do better..."

5-6 "That's a very good score..."

0-4 "Amazing! Or was it luck?"

Here is a sample run:

Lets play a Number Guessing Game!

Guess a number between 1 and 100

40

Too low!!

Guess a number between 1 and 100

90

Too high!!

Guess a number between 1 and 100

60

Too high!!

Guess a number between 1 and 100

50

Too low!!

Guess a number between 1 and 100

55

Too low!!

Guess a number between 1 and 100

56

You win!!

It took you 6 guesses.

That's a very good score...

Extra Credit 1 (10 extra points)

(This is easy, you might as well do it!)

Make the following improvements to your program:

· Instead of always guessing from 1-100, ask the user to input the range of numbers to guess between.

· Before playing, request some personal information about the user. Then, during the game, have the program spew random comments at the user based on this information.

· Make your program do something cool other than what is already listed.

Extra Credit 2 (50 extra points)

· Write a second version of the Hi-Lo game, except that instead of the user guessing the number, the computer tries to guess a number the user is thinking of. That is, the computer makes a guess, and the user tells the program if the guess is too high or too low.

· To get points for this version, your program should always guess the number within, say, 10 guesses.