guesser.py

print "Choose a number between 1 and 100000"
won = False
guesses = 0
l = 0
h = 100000
while not won:
    guess = (h+l)/2
    guesses += 1
    print "Guess:",guess
    p = False
    while not p:
        p = True
        v = str(raw_input("Is my guess high, low, or correct (h/l/c): "))
        if v[0] == 'h':
            h = guess
        elif v[0] == 'l':
            l = guess
        elif v[0] == 'c':
            won = True
        else:
            print "Enter h, l, or c please"
            p = False
print "I won in",guesses,"guesses"