/*Evan Hopkins
 * Comp Sci
 * Reverse Guessing Game 6-2
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ReverseGuessingGame {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);

		int number = 50, guess = 0, lcv = 0;
		int attempts = 0;
		int max = 100;
		int min = 1;

		System.out
				.println("You are going to play me (the computer) in a guessing game. Enter "
						+ "the number you would like me to guess and i will tell you how many tries "
						+ "it takes me to get it. To help me, i will know whether the number is higher"
						+ "or lower than my previous guess.");
		number = reader.nextInt();

		while ((guess != number) && (lcv < 7)) {
			guess = Math.round(((max + min) / 2));// rounds the average of the
													// min and max possibilities
			System.out.println(guess);// prints all guesses
			if (guess > number)
				max = guess;
			else
				// guess is less than number
				min = guess;
			lcv++;
			attempts++;
		}

		if (lcv > 7) {
			guess = 100;
			attempts = 7;
			System.out.println(guess);// prints guess
		}

		System.out.println("The number is " + guess + " and it took me "
				+ attempts + " tries to get it.");
	}
}