Take a first pass at implementing a guess the number game

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Steve Kinney
2024-09-18 08:06:16 -06:00
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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();