Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days

13:

14: int main( void )

15: {

16: int guess_value = -1;

17: int number;

18: int nbr_of_guesses;

19: int done = NO;

20:

21: printf(“\n\nGetting a Random number\n”);

22:

23: /* use the time to seed the random number generator */

24: srand( (unsigned) time( NULL ) );

25: number = rand();

26:

27: nbr_of_guesses = 0;

28: while ( done == NO )

29: {

30: printf(“\nPick a number between 0 and %d> “, RAND_MAX);

31: scanf( “%d”, &guess_value ); /* Get a number */

32:

33: nbr_of_guesses++;

34:

35: if ( number == guess_value )

36: {

37: done = YES;

38: }

39: else

40: if ( number < guess_value )

41: {

42: printf(“\nYou guessed high!”);

43: }

44: else

45: {

46: printf(“\nYou guessed low!”);

47: }

48: }

49:

50: printf(“\n\nCongratulations! You guessed right in %d Guesses!”,

51: nbr_of_guesses);

52: printf(“\n\nThe number was %d\n\n”, number);

53:

54: return 0;

55: }

This program is a simple guessing game. You’re trying to find the number that the com-

puter randomly generates. After each guess, the program will tell you if your guess was

high or low. When you guess correctly, you will be congratulated and told how many

guesses it took you.

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