#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>  /* we need this to call functions srand and rand */
#include <time.h>    /* we need this to call function time */

/* pick_random returns a random number between 0 and high.
 * 0 and high, as well as any number in between, are possible 
 * values for the result.
 */
int pick_random(int high)
{
	int number;
	int result;

	number = rand();
	result = number % (high + 1);
	return result;
}




int main()
{
	int number;
	int tries = 1;
	int guess;

	int low; 
	int high;

	srand(time(0));
	number = pick_random(1000);

	/* the first random number is not as random as we would like,
	 * so we call pick_random twice, to get a less predictable
	 * result.
	 */
	number = pick_random(1000);
	while(1)
	{
		printf("number of tries: %d\n", tries);
		printf("enter your guess:\n");
		scanf("%d", &guess);

		if (guess == number)
		{
			printf("congrats!!! number of tries = %d\n", tries);
			break;
		}
		else if (guess < number)
		{
			printf("the number is greater than %d\n", guess);
		}
		else
		{
			printf("the number is less than %d\n", guess);
		}

		printf("\n");
		tries = tries + 1;
	}
}