If you have some attempt that isn't working, you should post it. If you don't have any code, write down a detailed explanation in English of how one would go about doing what the program needs to do, and post it.
all i want to know is how to make the computer guess my number randomly using the keywords i stated in my third and first post.
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all i want to know is how to make the computer guess my number randomly using the keywords i stated in my third and first post.
Sorry I have to resurrect this, and feel free to strike me down or ban my account, or add another "dislike" to this post, but i have a bone to pick.
Honestly if you think my post was SOOOO frickin' disruptive in helping this user, then delete it and don't soil my meager amount of reputation points I've managed to accumulate by helping numerous other people on this forum.[/quote]
To be honest, I considered deleting both your and alvaro's solutions, not because they are both show-off solutions which do not address the OP's stated question, but rather because there is a fair chance that this is a homework question, to which we do not provide code answers. I let them stand because they might be useful to others.
As if I had any amount of credibility before, whatever was left is now gone since, you know, posting a working solution for someone is clearly a regress in every respect and not progress what so ever. (/end sarcasm)[/quote]
You are placing way too much value on reputation points. They are just an abstract indicator of some indefinable quantity that nobody is quite sure about... I don't think anyone actually takes notice of them - I certainly don't.
I am entirely willing to debate the point further, but I'd appreciate if we avoid further polluting this thread. Feel free to private message me, or create a new thread in the Comments & Suggestions forum to continue the discussion.
Why was my post disliked twice?
It's not a big deal. I probably could have avoided losing those 2 rep points if i just simply added something to my post explaining NOT to use recursion when solving a problem that can be implemented better iteratively since the problem is iterative in nature and no recursive data structures need to be used, but given the OP, I would not have expected comprehension of such comment, so I just posted code.
In my defense, his original post could be interpreted two different ways; he was either asking for advice in addition to/while expecting pasted code blocks, or exclusively asking for advice only and no code. I interpreted it as the former. "Aside from this, do this", to me, sounds like he wanted us to post code AND give advice. My sincerest apologies if I was wrong.
