count keeping

[akounga2000]

Hi all,

Can someone help me with the command to keep count of the guesses that the user makes and display the number of guesses.


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



int main()
{

srand(time(0));

int number;

number = rand() % 800 + 1;

int guess;

do
{

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

if (guess < number)

cout << "Your number is less than the secret number" << endl;

else if (guess > number)

cout << "Your number is more than the secret number" << endl;

else

cout << "Your guess is correct!" << endl;

}
while (guess != number);

system("PAUSE");

return 0;

}

[jsmith]

It's really quite easy. Just make an integer variable that counts the number of times you go through the do-while loop.

[akounga2000]

Thanks for your help, i've create an "int count"; should i put the statement right after or before the while statement; can you give an idea on which way to go.

[bglanzer]

You will want to initialize your count variable outside the loop and increase it each pass through the loop.

for example

int numberOfGuesses=0;

do 
{
     cout << "Enter your number: ";
     cin >> guess;

     if (guess < number)
     {
           cout << "Your number is less than the secret number" << endl;
            numberOfGuesses++;
      }
     else if (guess > number)
      { 
           cout << "Your number is more than the secret number" << endl;
           numberOfGuesses++;
       } 
       else
       {
           cout << "Your guess is correct!" << endl;
           cout<<"You guessed in "<<numberOfGuesses<<" tries!";
        }
} 
while (guess != number);

system("PAUSE");

return 0;

}

Brendon Glanzer
UAT strudent

[akounga2000]

i added the lines below and the program works now; Thanks u very much.

srand(time(0));
int number;
number = rand() % 800 + 1;