Higher Lower (Human Player)



Higher Lower (Human Player)


This program creates a computer that plays the higher-lower number guessing game with you. The computer picks a number, and you try to guess what it is. Each time you guess, the computer tells you whether the number it’s thinking of is higher or lower than your guess.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class HigherLowerHumanPlayer{

	public static void main(String[] args){

		int number = (int)(1 + Math.random() * 100);

		System.out.println("I'm thinking of a whole number betwen 1 and 100. Guess what it is!");
		System.out.println("Please type a whole number and press enter.");

		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

		int guesses = 0;
		boolean done = false;
		while(!done){

			int playerGuess = scanner.nextInt();
			guesses++;

			if(number < playerGuess){
				System.out.println("The number I'm thinking of is lower than " + playerGuess + ".");
				System.out.println("Guess again! (Please type a whole number and press enter.)");
			}
			else if(number > playerGuess){
				System.out.println("The number I'm thinking of is greater than " + playerGuess + ".");
				System.out.println("Guess again! (Please type a whole number and press enter.)");
			}
			else{
				System.out.println("That's correct! I was thinking of a " + number + ".");
				System.out.println("It took you " + guesses + " guesses to get it right. Thanks for playing!");
				done = true;
			}
		}
		scanner.close();
	}
}

higher lower game

Tweak Ideas

  • Change the range: include negative numbers, or decimal places, or make the range between 100 and 200 instead of 1 and 100.
  • Have the computer offer encouragement if the player is taking a long time to figure it out.
  • Have the computer remind the player if they guess in the wrong direction, for example if the computer says the number is less than 20 but the player guesses 25.
  • Add error checking so the program doesn’t crash if the player enters anything other than a whole number.

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