/* This program rolls two dice and presents the total. It then asks the user
to guess if the next total will be higher, lower, or equal. It then rolls
two more dice and tells the user how they did. */

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>

int main(void)
{
    int  dice1, dice2, total, total1= 0;
    char ans[25], dans[25];
    char higher[] = "HIGHER", lower[] = "LOWER", equal[] = "EQUAL";

    //the following 3 lines, throws the dice and adds them.
    dice1 = (rand() % 5) + 1;
    dice2 = (rand() % 5) + 1;
    total = dice1 + dice2;

    //the next few ask the question.
    printf("Will the next number be higher, lower or equal to %d ?n", total);
    puts("Type higher, lower or equal.");
    // scanf("&s", ans); //had to remove this line, because apparently we can't use &s to get the string input

    fgets(ans, 25, stdin);
    strcpy(dans, strupr(ans));

    //the next few throw the dice two more times
    dice1 = (rand() % 5) + 1;
    dice2 = (rand() % 5) + 1;
    total1 = dice1 + dice2;

    /*All of these check if the user input matches the actual output and
    then tells the user if he/she was right.*/
    printf("The upper string is %s.n", ans);
    if ((ans == higher) && (total1 > total))
    {
        printf("You're right, it is higher!n");
    }
    else if ((ans == lower) && (total1 < total))
    {
        printf("You're right, it is lower!n");
    }
    else if ((ans == equal) && (total1 = total))
    {
        printf("You're right. they are equal!n");
    }
    else
    {
        printf("Your prediction was wrong.n");
    }



}

strcpy(dans, strupr(ans));

                 ^

strcpy(dans, strupr(ans));

                 ^~~~~~~~~~~

^

if ((ans == higher) && (total1 > total))

           ^

else if ((ans == lower) && (total1 < total))

              ^

else if ((ans == equal) && (total1 = total))