Alexander Quest wrote:
Does anyone know how to assign a certain numerical range to a variable, and
then choose the number that is the middle of that range? For example, I want
to assign the variable "X" a range between 1 and 50, and then I want to have
the middle of that range (25) return with some command when I call it
(perhaps rangemid or something like that?). In pseudocode, I am trying to
say X = range [1,50], return middle of range (which should return 25) but I
don't know how to code it. This is for a basic program I'm trying to write
where the player thinks of a number and the computer tries to guess the
number in as few tries as possible. Thanks for any help!
Forget about using range, that just adds meaningless complexity.
What is important is that you have a lower bound, and a higher bound:
two numbers, instead of how ever many (possible thousands, or millions!)
in range(low, high).
middle = (low+high)//2
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Steven
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