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moot1 (259)
I dont get whats wrong. Here are the errors.

C:\Users\\Desktop\New folder\guessing game\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
C:\Users\\Desktop\New folder\guessing game\main.cpp|24|error: expected '(' before 'else'|
C:\Users\\Desktop\New folder\guessing game\main.cpp|27|error: 'else' without a previous 'if'|
||=== Build finished: 2 errors, 0 warnings ===|

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int tries = 0;
    int answer;
    bool gameover = false;
    int guess;

    srand(time(0));
    answer = rand() %101;
    do{

    cout << "Im thinking of a number from 1 to 100. Guess what it is: ";
    cin >> guess;

    if(guess > answer){
        cout << "That guess is too high. Guess again!" << endl;
        tries++;
    }if else(guess > answer){
        cout << "That guess is too low. Guess again!" << endl;
        tries++
    }else{
        tries++;
        gameover = true;
    }
    }while (!gameover);

    cout << "Good job!!! You got it right in " << tries << " tries!!" << endl;

    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

ausairman (308)
replace if else with else if.

Point on efficiency; you can put tries++; outside of the if clauses, that way you only have to write it once.
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moot1 (259)
ok ill do the tries thing after this but why is the answer like always 1 or 2??im also like always right 90 percent of the time??

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int tries = 0;
    int answer;
    bool gameover = false;
    int guess;

    srand(time(0));
    answer = rand() %101;
    do{

    cout << "Im thinking of a number from 1 to 100. Guess what it is: ";
    cin >> guess;

    if(guess > answer){
        cout << "That guess is too high. Guess again!" << endl;
        tries++;
    }else if(guess > answer){
        cout << "That guess is too low. Guess again!" << endl;
        tries++;
    }else{
        tries++;
        gameover = true;
    }
    }while (!gameover);

    cout << "Good job!!! You got it right in " << tries << " tries!!" << endl;

    system("pause");
    return 0;
}
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ReedTompkins (26)
Something to consider...your if statement looks like this:

if(guess > answer)

Your else if looks like this:

else if(guess > answer)

Something doesn't make sense with your "if" and your "else if". Do you see it?
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ausairman (308)
there's your answer... didn't spot that!
moot1 (259)
i dont get it? what is the problem...those if and else if statements look fine?
moot1 (259)
oh wait nevermind they are both >
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