Thread: A beginner in trouble

Hi all. I am a begginer, just started in school learning this. Well, I have a problem in one of my assingments:

Code:

// a game where the computer has to guess a number that the 
// user is thinking of.  I am a beginnner, and I haven't learned 
// all the cool stuff yet - like using random number generator
// so I am trying to do this the simple way.  But this isn't working
// properly, something about the numbers and the 
// guessing in the do-while loop.


#pragma argsused

#pragma argsused
#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>
using namespace std;

int main()

{
        int highNumb = 100;
        int lowNumb = 1;
        int guess;
        char ans;

        cout << "Think of a number between 1 and 100 \n";

                cout << endl;
                guess =(highNumb+lowNumb)/2;
                cout << "is the number " << guess << " ?\n";
                cout << endl;
                cout << "is the number correct or is it too high or too low? (c,h,l)\n";
                cin >> ans;

        do
        {
                lowNumb = ++guess;
                guess = (highNumb + lowNumb)/2;
                cout << "the number is: "<< guess <<endl;
                cin >> ans;
                if (lowNumb >= highNumb)
                        cout << "CHEATER!! " <<endl;
        }while (ans == 'H' || ans == 'h');

        do
        {
                highNumb = --guess;
                guess = (highNumb - lowNumb) ;
                cout << "the number is: " << guess <<endl;
                cin >> ans;
                if (lowNumb >= highNumb)
                        cout << "CHEATER "<<endl;
        }while (ans == 'L' || ans == 'l');

        if (ans == 'R' || ans == 'r')
                cout << "GENIOUS!!!"<<endl;


        getch ();
        return 0;
}