generatingrandomguesses

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// guessmynumberreversed.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  srand(static_cast<unsigned int>(time(0)));

	int number;
	cout << "Choose a number for the computer to guess: ";
	cin >> number;

	while (number < 0)
	{
		cout << "A negative number cannot be chosen for this game. Choose a positive: ";
		cin >> number;
	}

	int randomNumber = rand();
	int lastguess = RAND_MAX;

	int guess = randomNumber % lastguess;  // Guess a number
	cout << "The computer guesses " << guess << ". ";
		
	// count the guesses
	int guesses = 1;
	
	while (guess != number)
	{
		if (guess < number)
		{
			cout << "It guessed too low..." << endl;
			randomNumber = rand();
			guess = randomNumber;
			cout << "The computer guesses " << guess << ". ";
		}
		else if (guess > number)
		{
			cout << "It guessed too high..." << endl;
			randomNumber = rand();
			lastguess = guess;   // Change lastguess so that the next guess is, at most, the value of the last guess
			guess = randomNumber % lastguess;
			cout << "The computer guesses " << guess << ". ";
		}
		++guesses;
	}
	if (guess == number)
	{
		cout << "It guessed correctly! And it took " << guesses << " guesses!" << endl;
	}

	return 0;
}