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Start your free trialNelson J
7,411 PointsI don't see what's wrong with my guess the number program.
I don't see why my program never even loads.
// generate random number between 1 and 10
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10 + 1);
// computer guesses 5
var guessNum = 5;
// counter
var count = 0;
// while computer hasn't guessed the random number, increment the counter by one.
while (guessNum !== randomNumber) {
count += 1;
// If the computer guesses random number, log random number and number of attempts to the console. Otherwise, log the random number and the number the computer guessed.
if(guessNum === randomNumber) {
console.log("random number is " + randomNumber + " and it took " + count + " number of guesses");
}
else {
console.log("random number is " + randomNumber + " and the computer guessed " + guessNum);
}
}
Can you tell me what's wrong with it? Thank you very much.
2 Answers
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 PointsguessNum should be one of the possible values for randomNumber so inside the loop
guessNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10 + 1);
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 PointsYour guess number never updates inside the loop. So unless the random number generated is 5 you have an infinite loop.
Nelson J
7,411 PointsI have updated the guessNum to be guessNum += 1 inside the loop but it won't work either.
Nelson J
7,411 PointsNelson J
7,411 PointsThank you, that worked and I can see why now. :)