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# CodeSkulptor - Python Basics [Challenge 2]
# [Challenge Prompt]: Write a Number Guesser game!
# [Made by]: Kevin J.
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# [Date]: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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# Setup the environment for the number guesser game.
import random
validChoice = "False"

# Setting the preliminary guess to -10 ensures the game won't autocomplete if the number happens to be exactly the same as the preliminary.
guess = "-10"

# Ask the user which mode they'd like to play.
mode = input("What mode would you like to play (Easy/Hard)?")
if mode == "Easy":
    validChoice = "True"
elif mode == "Hard":
    validChoice = "True"
elif mode == "easy":
    validChoice = "True"
elif mode == "hard":
    validChoice = "True"
else:
    validChoice = "False"
    
while validChoice == "False":
    print("Invalid choice. The valid choices are [Easy] or [Hard].")
    print()
    mode = input("What mode would you like to play (Easy/Hard)?")
    if mode == "Easy":
        validChoice = "True"
    elif mode == "Hard":
        validChoice = "True"
    elif mode == "easy":
        validChoice = "True"
    elif mode == "hard":
        validChoice = "True"
    else:
        validChoice = "False"
    

# Assign the variable "secretNumber" to a randomly generated number between 1 and 10 (1 to 100 for hard mode).
if mode == "Easy" or mode == "easy":
    secret = random.randint(1, 10)
    range = "1 to 10"
elif mode == "Hard" or mode == "hard":
    secret = random.randint(1, 100)
    range = "1 to 100"

# Verify if the guess is equal to the secret number.
while guess != secret:
    print("Guess a number between", range)
    guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
    if guess > secret:
        print("Your guess is too high; guess again.")
        print()
    elif guess < secret:
        print("Your guess is too low; guess again.")
        print()
    else:
        print("Correct! You guessed correctly! The secret number was:", secret)