I cannot figure out why my loop doesnt work!

[Def Muse]

I need to design a guess the number game that only allows five tries...please help if you can.

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <time.h>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
int magic;
int guess;
int count;
srand(time(NULL));
magic = rand() % (100 + 1);



for(count=0; count >= 6; count++) {

cout << "Enter your guess: " << endl;
cin >> guess;

if(guess == magic)
{
cout << "**Right** " << endl;
break;
}
else {
cout << "Wrong guess: " << endl;

if(guess < magic)
cout << "Your guess is lower than the magic number. " << endl;
else
cout << "Your guess is higher than the magic number. " << endl;
}
cout << "You have " << count << " many tries left. " << endl;


cout << "**You have guessed the magic number!**" << endl;
}
return 0;
}

[whitenite1]

@Def Muse

For one, your for loop is wrong
for(count=0; count >= 6; count++) should be
for(count=0; count < 5; ++count // That gives you 0,1,2,3 and 4. So, 5 guesses

For two, you're showing how many guesses (or counts ) were used, not how many are left. For that, you could use
cout << "You have " << 4 - count << " tries left. " << endl;

Move the line cout << "**You have guessed the magic number!**" << endl; under the line that says "**Right**", otherwise, it prints it no matter if you're high or low

[Disch]

for(count=0; count >= 6; count++) {

This loop will run exactly zero times.

for loops operate like so:

for( initialize; condition; iterate )
{
  body
}

1) initialize is done first
2) condition is checked. If condition is false... then the loop exits. Otherwise...
3) body is performed
4) iterate is performed
5) go to #2


So what's happening in your case is this:

1) Initialize: count = 0
2) Check condition: count >= 6

since count is 0, that makes the condition false... therefore the loop immediately exits.

[Def Muse]

Thank you both for taking time to help further my knowledge and education.