#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; print ' 'x 34 . "TRAP\n"; print ' 'x 15 . "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY\n"; print "\n"; print "\n"; print "\n"; my $G=6; my $N=100; # REM-TRAP; # REM-STEVE ULLMAN, 8-1-72; print "INSTRUCTIONS"; print "? "; chomp(my $Z = uc()); if (substr($Z,0,1) eq "Y") { print "I AM THINKING OF A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND $N\n"; print "TRY TO GUESS MY NUMBER. ON EACH GUESS,\n"; print "YOU ARE TO ENTER 2 NUMBERS, TRYING TO TRAP\n"; print "MY NUMBER BETWEEN THE TWO NUMBERS. I WILL\n"; print "TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE TRAPPED MY NUMBER, IF MY\n"; print "NUMBER IS LARGER THAN YOUR TWO NUMBERS, OR IF\n"; print "MY NUMBER IS SMALLER THAN YOUR TWO NUMBERS.\n"; print "IF YOU WANT TO GUESS ONE SINGLE NUMBER, TYPE\n"; print "YOUR GUESS FOR BOTH YOUR TRAP NUMBERS.\n"; print "YOU GET $G GUESSES TO GET MY NUMBER.\n"; } while (1) { my $Flag= 0; my $X=int($N*rand(1))+1; for (my $Q=1; $Q<=$G; $Q++) { print "\n"; print "GUESS #$Q "; print "? "; chomp(my $Pair= uc()); my ($A, $B)= split(",", $Pair); if ($A eq $B && $X eq $A) { $Flag=1; last; } if ($A>$B) { ($A,$B)= ($B,$A); } if ($X>$B) { print "MY NUMBER IS LARGER THAN YOUR TRAP NUMBERS.\n"; next; } if ($X<$A) { print "MY NUMBER IS SMALLER THAN YOUR TRAP NUMBERS.\n"; next; } print "YOU HAVE TRAPPED MY NUMBER.\n"; } if ($Flag==0) { print "SORRY, THAT'S $G GUESSES. THE NUMBER WAS $X\n"; } else { print "YOU GOT IT!!!\n"; } print "\n"; print "TRY AGAIN.\n"; print "\n"; } exit;