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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Improving the Random Number Guessing Game

Agustin Hernandez
Agustin Hernandez
2,747 Points
Posted by Agustin Hernandez
Agustin Hernandez
2,747 Points

Another Way

This works as well!!

var isCorrect = false;
var random = Math.floor( Math.random() * 8 ) + 1;
console.log(random);
var userGuess = prompt("Guess a number between 1 and 8");

if (parseInt(userGuess) === random) {
    isCorrect = true;
} else if ( parseInt(userGuess) > random ) {
    alert("Nice Try! But it's less than " + userGuess);
} else if ( parseInt(userGuess) < random ) {
    alert("Nice Try! But it's greater than " + userGuess)
}

if ( isCorrect ) {
    document.write('<p>Correct! the number was ' + random + '</p>');
} else if ( isCorrect === false ) {
    userGuess = prompt("Guess again it's between 1 and 8");
    if ( parseInt(userGuess) === random ) {
        document.write('<p>Correct! the number was ' + random + '</p>');
    } else {
        document.write('<p>Wrong, the number was ' + random + '</p>');
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

One thing you will discover about programming is that there will always be more than one solution for any non-trivial task. So in addition to making the code functional, the skills of making code both concise and readable/maintainable are also valuable.

This code seems to hit all 3 objectives, so good job! :+1: