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Murray poole
1,598 Pointslooping this script and validating input?
Hello
var randomNumber =Math.floor(Math.random() *6) + 1; var guess = prompt('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?'); if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber) {
document.write('You guessed the number!'); }else{ document.write('Sorry. The number was ' + randomNumber + '. '); }
How would you get this script to loop? I was trying to figure out how to get to run the script again by prompting user for yes or know then repeating but nothing is working, also wanted to know how you would go about validating the user's input so that it was a number between 0-6 and came back with an alert if wrong.
Thanks.
3 Answers
Zack Jackson
30,220 PointsThis conditional statement is essentially a binary check. The user inputs their guess and it is either correct (=== randomNumber) or it is not. If it is, they win, if it is not, the conditional ends and tells them what the randomNumber was thus ending the game.
You need the game to continue until the correct number is guessed. I would use a while loop to do this. Check out this codepen: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/zmqBpb
You can add a conditional in there to prompt the player to continue or expand on this. Maybe create a variable for a set number of guesses that the user has available and end the game after they run out of chances.
You can add a check with an if statement to validate the input as well. For instance, if you were to do the following:
if (parseInt(guess) > 0 && parseInt(guess) <= 6) { while loop } else { error message}
Murray poole
1,598 PointsThank you that is really helpful. I will study and put that into practise I'm future scripts.
Thanks again
Junet Ismail
3,563 PointsAnyone interested in doing this . This is my own take on the task with a loop that keeps asking until the right number is entered. Make sure you have the console open to see the random number.