become a member<\/a> and one of our Java mentors can guide you.<\/p>\n\r\npackage com.learnjava.console;\r\n\r\nimport java.util.Random;\r\nimport java.util.Scanner;\r\n\r\n\/**\r\n * Write a guessing game where the user tries to \r\n * guess the number randomly picked by the computer.\r\n * For each guess tell the user if the \r\n * guess is too high, low or correct.\r\n * \r\n * @author https:\/\/learn-java-by-example.com\r\n *\r\n *\/\r\n\r\npublic class HighLowGuessingGame {\r\n\r\n\tpublic static void main(String[] args) {\r\n\r\n\t\t\/\/ Create a random number generator\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tRandom random = new Random();\r\n\r\n\t\t\/\/ Use Scanner for getting input from user\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tScanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/ Use the random generator to \r\n\t\t\/\/ pick a number between 0 and 99 (inclusive)\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tint number = random.nextInt(100);\r\n\t\tint guess = -1;\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/ Loop until the user has guessed the number\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\twhile (guess!=number) {\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\/\/ Prompt the user for their next guess\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tSystem.out.print("Enter your guess: ");\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\/\/ Read the users guess\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tguess = scanner.nextInt();\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\/\/ Check if the guess is high, low or correct\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tif (guess<number) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ Guess is too low\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tSystem.out.println("Too low, please try again");\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t} else if (guess>number) {\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ Guess is too high\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\tSystem.out.println("Too high, please try again");\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t} else {\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ Guess is correct !!\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tSystem.out.println("Correct, the number was " + number);\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The assignment here is to write a simple game where the user tries to guess a randomly selected number. 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