Number-Guessing Game

Number-Guessing Game

guessingGame.rb

This number-guessing game seems simple enough when you're a little kid: Someone picks a number and you try to guess it. In this script, a computer is doing the pseudo-random number generation, which is a lot more unpredictable than your friend picking his favorite number. As I wrote this, I got to thinking, "This sounds an awful lot like a game adults play—the lottery." How crazy is that? The same game that entertained you as a kid is still entertaining as an adult. Although the payoff is a lot better in the lottery, the odds are a lot worse. The bottom line is that this game is all about chance.

The Code

 puts "\nWelcome to the number-guessing game!\n\n\n\n" print "What difficulty level would ...

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