Thread: Random number generator game problem

this is the first part of a program i have to make for a class and i need help with the guessing game part.
when i type in a number to guess what number the computer has, it always says that i've guessed the right number
here is the code

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>


main()
{
 int x, y;
 int z = 0;
 printf("Welcome!\n");
 printf("Please select a game to play by typing in the correct number.\n");
 printf("1. Play the number guessing game between 1 and 50\n");
 printf("2. Play Rock, Paper, Scissors\n");
 printf("3. Display the Area of a rectangle\n");
 printf("4. Quit\n");
 scanf("%d\n", &x);
  if (x = 1){


   int stime;
   long ltime;
   int randomnumber = rand() % 51;
   ltime = time(NULL);
   stime = (unsigned) ltime/2;
   srand(stime);


   printf("Please enter a number between 1 and 50.\n");
   scanf("%d\n", &y);
   while (z < 1){
    if (y = randomnumber){
      printf("Congratulations! you guessed the correct number. Now exiting.\n");


      z++;
    }
    else if (y < randomnumber){
      printf("Guess higher\n");
      scanf("%d\n" , &y);


    }
    else if (y > randomnumber){
      printf("Guess lower\n");
      scanf("%d\n" , &y);
    }
   }
   exit(0);

this is not the full program so somethings don't need to be brought up to me.
the program has no errors, but the wording is wrong somewhere.

variable x is irrelevant to this part as it is to decide which game to go to
variable y is the interger the user guesses
variable randomnumber is the number the computer generates
variable z is to terminate the program after the user has guessed correctly

so the problem is with either 'y' or 'randomnumber'
is it the order the if statements are in?
hmmm

well the plan is when the user inputs the number for y it will check to see if the number is the same as the random number that the computer guess

also another issue is when trying to go to the second part of the program, it just goes to the guessing game.

ah okay i remember that now let's see how this works

alright now it wont get off of the screen where it says guess higher.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>


main()
{
 int x, y;
 int z = 0;
 printf("Welcome!\n");
 printf("Please select a game to play by typing in the correct number.\n");
 printf("1. Play the number guessing game between 1 and 50\n");
 printf("2. Play Rock, Paper, Scissors\n");
 printf("3. Display the Area of a rectangle\n");
 printf("4. Quit\n");
 scanf("%d\n", &x);
  if (x == 1){
     
   int stime;
   long ltime;
   int randomnumber = rand() % 51;
   ltime = time(NULL);
   stime = (unsigned) ltime/2;
   srand(stime);
   
   printf("Please enter a number between 1 and 50.\n");
   scanf("%d\n", &y);
   while (z < 1){
    if (y == randomnumber){
      printf("Congratulations! you guessed the correct number. Now exiting.\n");
   
      z++;
    }
    else if (y < randomnumber){
      printf("Guess higher\n");
      scanf("%d\n" , &y);


    }
    else if (y > randomnumber){
      printf("Guess lower\n");
      scanf("%d\n" , &y);
    }
   }
   exit(0);
  }

why would it continue to tell the user to guess higher

alright, lets try this out

thanks so much now i can move onto the next one, which there will probably be another post later.