< snip> > I assume the way the computer is going to guess is by trying some > number, and you respond either that it's guessed right, or to go lower, > or to go higher.
Yes, that is correct. > > In that case, think of "bisection". Originally, all the computer knows > is that the number is in some range, say 0 to 100. It can then guess > the midpoint, 50. If it's right, yay! Otherwise: if it's told to go > lower, then the range is now 0 to 49 -- if higher, it's 51 to 100; in > each case the range was just halved (actually, a bit more than halved). Thank you, I thought that might be the case. So, I will have to settle down and try to write some pseudo-code first. I hope to be back. Norman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
