Laptop Test

README.md

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 Game to have computer guess what number the user is thinking of.
 
-    ### Goals  
+Going to try Lua and bash scripts. See which one I get along better with.
+
+## Goals  
 
 #### ABSOLUTELY NO AI!!!!  
 Rules command  
 Interface to ask number  
 'Higher or lower' interface  
-Variable number. 'Between 1 and <user selected>'  
+Variable number. 'Between 1 and a user selected number'  
-    Percentage of Variable Number to be number of guesses  
+Percentage of Variable Number to be number of guesses  
-        maybe 30% ?  
+maybe 30% ?  
 Play Again? dialog  
 
+## Outline

bash/randTest.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# set script restart
+script=$(readlink -f "$0")
+
+# Select number
+echo "Pick a number:"
+read num
+
+# Output response
+echo "The random number is $((1 + $RANDOM % $num))."
+
+# Ask to run again
+
+echo "Run script again (yes/no)?"
+read answer
+if [ "$answer" = yes ]
+  then exec "$script"
+fi
+echo "Exiting"
+exit 0

lua/randTest.lua

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+io.write("Pick a number: ")
+local number = io.read("*n")
+local randnum = math.random(1, number)
+print("The number is ", randnum)
+-- ask to rerun script
+print("Run again (y/n)?")
+local cmd = io.read()
+if cmd == "y" then
+  dofile("randTest.lua")
+else end

lua/randTestExperiment.lua

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+-- Assistance from a friend
+
+-- Instantiate all the things
+local run = true
+local cmd, number, randnum
+
+-- Start a loop
+while run == true do
+  -- Get the users initial number
+  io.write("Pick a number: ")
+  number = io.read("*n")
+
+  -- Do some mathemagic
+  -- randnum = math.random(1, number)
+  print("The random number is ", math.random(1, number))
+
+  -- Ask to rerun script
+  io.read()
+  print("Run again (Y/n)?")
+  cmd = io.read("*l")
+
+  -- Exit if the user doesn't want to go again
+  if string.lower(cmd) ~= "y" then
+    run = false
+  end
+end

lua/randTestHelped.lua

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+-- Assistance from a friend
+
+-- Instantiate all the things
+local run = true
+local cmd, number, randnum
+
+-- Start a loop
+while run == true do
+  -- Get the users initial number
+  io.write("Pick a number: ")
+  number = io.read("*n")
+
+  -- Do some mathemagic
+  randnum = math.random(1, number)
+  print("The random number is ", randnum)
+
+  -- Ask to rerun script
+  io.read()
+  print("Run again (Y/n)?")
+  cmd = io.read("*l")
+
+  -- Exit if the user doesn't want to go again
+  if string.lower(cmd) ~= "y" then
+    run = false
+  end
+end