Question

Linux: I have a working script but need a high/low comparison added to each guess by the user.

choice=$(( $RANDOM % 100 + 1 ))

read -p 'Please choose a number from 1-100:' variable

while [ $variable -ne $choice ];
do
echo "Your choice was wrong. Please try again."
read -p 'Please choose a number from 1-100:' variable
done

echo "You chose correctly!!!"

The comparison is the variable chosen by the game is supposed to be guessed by the user. Because the choices range from 1-100, I need the script to tell the user if they chose too high or too low until the user makes the correct choice.

Answer 1

Code:

choice=$(( $RANDOM % 100 + 1 ))

variable=0

while [ $variable -ne $choice ];

do

read -p 'Please choose a number from 1-100:' variable

# if variable is greater than choice

if [ $variable -gt $choice ]

then

echo "Your choice is too high. Please try again"

# if variable is less than choice

elif [ $variable -lt $choice ]

then

echo "Your choice is too low. Please try again"

# if variable equals choice

else

echo "You chose correctly!!!"

fi

done

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