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Counting the number of guesses?

YourBroAlex (21)
Hi! I took it upon myself to work on the most generic and cliche cpp beginner's program. And i can't figure out how to tell the computer to count the amount guesses the user inputted. The most logical way i thought is to somehow count how many times the while loop has been executed, or am i way off? Any help would be appreciated! <3


YourBroAlex 


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  #include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;

int main() {

    int guess;
    int randomize = rand() % 100 + 1;
    bool status;
    int numOfTries;

    string showanswer;

    cout << "Welcome to the random number guessing game!" << endl;
    cout << "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100, can you guess what it is?" << endl;

    while (status == true) {

    cin >> guess;

   if(randomize > guess) {

        cout << "Too low! Guess again!" << endl;
        ++numOfTries;

} else if (randomize < guess) {

        cout << "Too high! Guess again!" << endl;
        ++numOfTries;

} if (randomize == guess) {

    status = false;

    cout << "Good job! You guessed the right number! You guessed " << numOfTries << " times!" << endl;





}
    }
}
anup30 (968)
use proper indentation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style

in line 19, you are evaluating status but you have not defined its value before.

or, you don't need status variable at all. just use while(true) and break; when right number is guessed.
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