# Steve Miller
# Random Number game

import random # Loads the Random Number Function
q = "y" # Sets the play again variable
while q != "n": # Checks that the player still wants to play
    print "Decimels are ignored in this game." # until I feel like checking for strings AND floats, this will ensure that players don't assume odd or unpredicted behavior if they try decimels.  All numbers are converted to integers.

    maximum = 0 # Sets the maximum number variable
    optimum_attempts = 2 # Sets the minimum valid optimum attempts
    attempts = 0 # Sets the actual attempts at guessing variable
    while (maximum < 2): # This while loop runs until the player choose a number higher than 1
        while True: # This while, try, except loop ensures that the player enters a number
            try:
                maximum = int(float(raw_input("I am going to choose a number from 1 to a maximum value you select. Input the maximum value:")))
                break
            except ValueError:
                print "Invalid Selection"
        if maximum < 2: # checks that number is at least 2
            print "Invalid Selection"
    tempcalc = maximum # variable used to calculate optimum number of attempts
    while tempcalc/2 != 1: # This while loop will divide the maximum number set by the player by two until a result of one is reached
            if tempcalc/2 > 1: # The number of times this can be done plus two are the maximum number of times a player playing perfectly should have to guess
                tempcalc /= 2
                optimum_attempts += 1
    # Once all variables are satisfied and calculations made the guessing begins
    print "I am thinking of a number from 1 to", maximum, "."
    randnum = random.randrange(1,maximum+1) # chooses a randum number from 1 to the players maximum
    guess = 0 # Ensures that any previous guess is cleard
    while (guess != randnum): # This while loop runs until the number has been correctly chosen
        while True: # This while, try, except loops ensures the guess is a number
            try:
                guess = int(float(raw_input("What is it!")))
                attempts += 1 # equals number of tries
                break
            except ValueError:
                print "Please choose a number."
        if guess == randnum: # correct response
            print "That's right! That took you ", attempts, "tries. ", optimum_attempts, "or less is a perfect run."
        elif guess < randnum: # too low response
            print "Too low!"
        else: # too high response, not checked mathmatically, only logical remaining possibility
            print "Too high!"
    q = raw_input("Go again (y/n)?") # These three lines check if the player wants to keep going
    if q != "n":
        print " Well, that's not an 'n'!"
print "Thanks for playing, that was fun!"

import random
q = "y"
while q != "n":
    print "Decimels are ignored in this game."
    maximum = 0
    optimum_attempts = 2
    attempts = 0
    while (maximum < 2):
        while True:
            try:
                maximum = int(float(raw_input("I am going to choose a number from 1 to a maximum value you select. Input the maximum value:")))
                break
            except ValueError:
                print "Invalid Selection"
        if maximum < 2:
            print "Invalid Selection"
    tempcalc = maximum
    while tempcalc/2 != 1:
            if tempcalc/2 > 1:
                tempcalc /= 2
                optimum_attempts += 1
    print "I am thinking of a number from 1 to", str(maximum)+"."
    randnum = random.randrange(1,maximum+1)
    guess = 0
    while (guess != randnum):
        while True:
            try:
                guess = int(float(raw_input("What is it!")))
                attempts += 1
                break
            except ValueError:
                print "Please choose a number."
        if guess == randnum:
            print "That's right! That took you ", attempts, "tries. ", optimum_attempts, "or less is a perfect run."
        elif guess < randnum:
            print "Too low!"
        else:
            print "Too high!"
    q = raw_input("Go again (y/n)?")
    if q != "n":
        print " Well, that's not an 'n'!"
print "Thanks for playing, that was fun!"