From 410a6c72ff35679c38c7b0016091c2bc93e9558e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Kinney <hello@stevekinney.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:06:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Take a first pass at implementing a guess the number game

---
 examples/guess-the-number/index.js | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/guess-the-number/index.js

diff --git a/examples/guess-the-number/index.js b/examples/guess-the-number/index.js
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+// Import the readline module to handle user input
+import { createInterface } from 'readline';
+
+// Create an interface for reading from stdin (standard input)
+const rl = createInterface({
+  input: process.stdin,
+  output: process.stdout,
+});
+
+// Generate a random number between 1 and 100
+const randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1;
+let attempts = 0;
+
+// Function to handle user's guess
+function askQuestion() {
+  rl.question('Guess the number (between 1 and 100): ', (answer) => {
+    const guess = parseInt(answer, 10);
+    attempts++;
+
+    // Check if the user's guess is correct
+    if (isNaN(guess)) {
+      console.log('Please enter a valid number.');
+      askQuestion(); // Ask again if input is invalid
+    } else if (guess < randomNumber) {
+      console.log('Too low!');
+      askQuestion(); // Ask again
+    } else if (guess > randomNumber) {
+      console.log('Too high!');
+      askQuestion(); // Ask again
+    } else {
+      console.log(`Correct! You guessed the number in ${attempts} attempts.`);
+      rl.close(); // End the game
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// Start the game by asking the first question
+askQuestion();